(China maintained that the fishermen had tried to approach their rig).Mr Dung has raised the geopolitical stakes by threatening that Vietnam may take China to court over its aggressive maritime actions, as the Philippines has done already.
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The Supreme Court concluded in Miles "that there is no recovery for loss of society in a general maritime action for the wrongful death of a Jones Act seaman". Miles, 498 U.S. at 33.
The communiqué said the leaders opted to, "manage well their maritime difference, avoid actions that complicate the situation and escalate tensions, and safeguard the peace and stability of the South China Sea".
By reason of the saving clause, state courts have jurisdiction in personam, concurrent with the admiralty courts, of all causes of action maritime in their nature arising under charter parties.
Weeks Marine argues that Miles establishes a rule that remedies available for general maritime causes of action must be consistent under the Jones Act and DOHSA, and that non-pecuniary damages, such as punitive damages, are not available under either act.
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Cooperative assistance in humanitarian actions and maritime security training helps other nations establish control over their own territorial waters.
In response the US vice-president, Joe Biden, said the US was "seriously concerned" about what he called China's unilateral actions in its maritime dispute with Vietnam.
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In Miles, the Supreme Court held that since the Jones Act and DOHSA allow only for the recovery of pecuniary damages, non-pecuniary damages, such as loss of society, were not recoverable in wrongful death actions based on general maritime law.
