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NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK v. LATHEY

Record No. 0847-88-1.

380 S.E.2d 665 (1989)

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING AND DRYDOCK CORP. v. Ronald W. LATHEY.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Nash Bilisoly (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith and Martin, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

John H. Klein (Rutter and Montagna, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, BARROW and COLE, JJ.

BARROW, Judge.

In this appeal from the Industrial Commission the employer contends that the constitutional grant of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction to the federal government bars the application of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act to an employee injured while repairing a completed vessel on navigable waters. However, the holding in Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 37 S.Ct. 524, 61 L.Ed. 1086 (1917...

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