The Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) was originally passed in 1920 to make it easier for widows of seamen to recover damages for future earnings when death occurs in international waters. The airline industry has used the law to limit damages when a plane crashes more than three miles from the U.S. coast, though a U.S. District Court recently applied a 12 mile limit in the TWA Flight 800 case. This issue is currently being argued in the Circuit Court of Appeals. Under the current law, family members are barred from collecting damages if they did not rely on the deceased for income, and if they did so rely, are limited to economic losses only.
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