Legal Opinion
Chisholm v. UHP Projects, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 22, 1998No. Civ.A 2:96CV578PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER and OPINION
DOUMAR, District Judge.
This ease involves the question of what is or is not admiralty jurisdiction in connection with the right to a trial by jury. It also concerns the question as to whether a plaintiff is entitled to a double recovery. The plaintiff seaman suffered a head injury while aboard a vessel in port in Chesapeake, Virginia. The plaintiff filed an action in diversity in this Court alleging that the defendant was negligent in performing services on board the vessel, and also claiming a breach of an implied warranty of workmanlike performance in the discharge of those…
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