Wolfe v. Wilmington Shipyard, Inc.

GREENE, Judge.

Wilmington Shipyard, Incorporated (Wilmington Shipyard) and William W. Murrell, Jr. (Murrell) (collectively, Defendants) appeal a judgment filed 4 June 1998 in favor of Crystal Gail Wolfe (Plaintiff), Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Phillip Wolfe, an order filed 4 June 1998 denying, in part, Defendants’ motion for setoff, and an order filed 4 June 1998 denying Defendants’ Rule 50 motion to set aside the verdict and Rule 59 motion for new trial.

Prior to trial, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claim on the ground it was subject to federal jurisdiction under…