{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-30103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 30103","heading":"Liability of master, mate, engineer, and pilot","body":"A person may bring a civil action against a master, mate, engineer, or pilot of a vessel, and recover damages, for personal injury or loss caused by the master’s, mate’s, engineer’s, or pilot’s—(1) negligence or willful misconduct; or (2) neglect or refusal to obey the laws governing the navigation of vessels.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 301—GENERAL LIABILITY PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"11d0a52fdb4a3dfcb15adbca2678507f9be69c7e595b9f48a59b2f30d75c5cce","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-30102","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-30104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}