Legal Opinion
Rivers v. Norfolk
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 6, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 3784PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
What effect does a final judgment of a Virginia state court of competent jurisdiction have on the rights of the plaintiff, who instituted his state court action alleging that he was a longshoreman and which action was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and with prejudice, to now maintain a Jones Act suit in the federal court by alleging that he was a seaman ?
On October 11, 1960, plaintiff filed an action in the state court claiming damages for personal injuries sustained on August 28, 1959, while allegedly working as a longshoreman aboard a vessel owned by the…
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