§ 457. — Action for death or personal injury within national park or other place under jurisdiction of United States; application of State laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC457]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXII--MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 457. Action for death or personal injury within national
park or other place under jurisdiction of United States;
application of State laws
In the case of the death of any person by the neglect or wrongful
act of another within a national park or other place subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, within the exterior
boundaries of any State, such right of action shall exist as though the
place were under the jurisdiction of the State within whose exterior
boundaries such place may be; and in any action brought to recover on
account of injuries sustained in any such place the rights of the
parties shall be governed by the laws of the State within the exterior
boundaries of which it may be.
(Feb. 1, 1928, ch. 15, 45 Stat. 54.)
