3960 REVIEW DENIED California's wrongful death law does not apply to actions arising from accidents that occurred outside the United States; the federal Death on the High Seas Act pre-empts state actions for wrongful death that occurred in Mexican waters.CitationBECKETT v MASTERCRAFT BOAT CO (Mexican Accident) 126 CA4 1045 [See: 46 USC 761 et seq; CCP 377.60; Garofalo v Princess 85 CA4 1060, T/AT 2/01; In re Air Crash Off Long Island 209 F3 200; Howard v Crystal Cruises 41 F3 527; Gordon v Reynolds 187 CA2 472; Chromy v Lawrance 233 CA3 1521]
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