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WASHINGTON–The House has passed legislation that allows recovery of noneconomic damages for maritime death victims' families, starting with the 11 workers that died in British Petroleum's current oil rig disaster.
But the legislation, the "Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act" or SPILL Act (H.R. 5503), does not remove the current $75 million liability limit provided oil companies whose drilling activities result in oil spills.
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