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BAILEY v. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, INC.

No. 83-422.

448 So.2d 1090 (1984)

Bonnie B. BAILEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clarence W. Bailey, Deceased, Appellant, v. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, INC., and S.Y. Thompson, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colson, Hicks & Eidson and Dean Colson, Miami, for appellant.

Smathers & Thompson and Rodney Earl Walton, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

This appeal from the trial court's order dismissing an action for damages predicated upon negligence on the high seas resulting in death, presents two questions: first, whether the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C., section 761 et seq. (1981), provides the exclusive remedy for negligence on the high seas resulting in death and second, whether DOHSA suits must be instituted only in federal admiralty forums. Rejecting appellant's contention...

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