§ 30525 - Apportionment of losses

CHAPTER 305— EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY › SUBCHAPTER II— EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

If the amounts determined under sections 30523 and 30524 of this title are insufficient to pay all claims—

(1) all claimants shall be paid in proportion to their respective losses out of the amount determined under section 30523 of this title; and

(2) personal injury and death claimants, if any, shall be paid an additional amount in proportion to their respective losses out of the additional amount determined under section 30524(b) of this title.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3050746 App.:183(b) (last sentence).R.S. § 4283(b) (last sentence); Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 804, § 1, 49 Stat. 960; June 5, 1936, ch. 521, § 1, 49 Stat. 1479; Pub. L. 98–498, title II, § 213(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306. 46 App.:184.R.S. § 4284; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 (related to R.S. § 4284), 19 Stat. 251.

This section is substituted for 46 App. U.S.C. 183(b) (last sentence) and 184 (words before semicolon) for clarity and consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The text of 46 App. U.S.C. 184 (words after semicolon) is omitted as unnecessary. See G. Gilmore & C. Black, The Law of Admiralty, § 10–8 (2d ed. 1975).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(A), substituted “sections 30523 and 30524” for “sections 30505 and 30506” in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(a)(3), renumbered section 30507 of this title as this section.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(B), substituted “section 30523” for “section 30505”.

Par. (2). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11503(f)(4)(C), substituted “section 30524(b)” for “section 30506(b)”.