death-on-high-seas-act

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24A541 Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased v. The Boeing Company, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-12-04 Presumed Complete admiralty-jurisdiction death-on-high-seas-act federal-jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-law seventh-amendment Is federal admiralty jurisdiction under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301-08, concurrent, or exclusive?
20-1446 Patricia LaCourse, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lt. Colonel Matthew LaCourse v. PAE Worldwide Incorporated, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived boyle-v-united-technologies civil-procedure death-on-high-seas-act death-on-the-high-seas-act discretion-in-contract-performance government-contractor-defense jury-trial maritime-law summary-judgment 1. Did the Court of Appeals err in extending the federal common law "government contractor defense" established in Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.,…