How might S. 3600 affect piracy cases?

Presently, the dependents of those lost on international waters (over three miles offshore) are only entitled to pecuniary damages for the lost wages of the victim. If Senate bill S. 3600—The Fairness in Admiralty Maritime Law Act— becomes official it will allow families to also collect non-pecuniary damages for grieving and the loss of life. This will affect future victims of pirate attacks, particularly those killed by the negligence of shipping companies who fail to adequately provide for their self defense. Unfortunately, S. 3600 would only be retroactive to April 19, 2010, which was the day before the Deepwater Horizon explosion. This would not affect the crewmembers of the Maersk Alabama attack which took place in 2009. Vujasinovic & Beckcom is representing several of those crewmembers.