Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action

The owner, master, manager, or agent of a vessel transporting passengers or property between ports in the United States, or between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country, may not limit by regulation, contract, or otherwise the period for— When notice of a claim for personal injury or death is required by a contract, the failure to give the notice is not a bar to recovery if— If a claimant is a minor or mental incompetent, or if a claim is for wrongful death, any period provided by a contract for giving notice of the claim is tolled until the earlier of—