LOS ANGELES — Federal legislators have altered 19th-century maritime liability guidelines for mishap victims and their households in reaction to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that eliminated 34 individuals.
The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was consistedof in the $858 billion defense costs costs that President Joe Biden signed Friday.
It updates the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, under which boat owners were able to limitation their liability to the worth of the stays of the vessel. In the case of the Conception, the scuba diving boat where an inferno caught 33 guests and one team member in the bunkroom listedbelow deck off Santa Barbara 3 years ago, the boat was a overall loss.
Now owners of little passe