SERVIS v. HILLER SYSTEMS INC.

Civ. A. No. 2:94cv202.

858 F.Supp. 590 (1994)

Isabella SERVIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Peter Thomas Humphrey, Plaintiff, v. HILLER SYSTEMS INC., Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Valcon Sales and Services, Inc., Jason B. Nuss, Wayne Francis Muth, Edward Speary, III, Defendants. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING AND DRYDOCK CORP., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

As Corrected July 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances Whitehurst Russell and Stephen C. Swain, Clark & Stant, Virginia Beach, VA, for Isabella Servis.

Donald Charles Schultz, James Long Chapman, IV, and Guilford D. Ware, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for Hiller Systems, Inc., Jason B. Nuss, Wayne Francis Muth and Edward Speary, III.

George William Birkhead, Carter T. Gunn, and William Martin Dozier, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp.

Robert Martin Tata, Denham Arthur Kelsey, and Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, for Valcon Sales and Services, Inc.

Michael Anson Rhine, U.S. Attorney's Office, Norfolk, VA, Matthew A. Connelly, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div. and Richard T. Buckingham, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Trial Atty., Admiralty, Washington, DC, for the U.S.


OPINION AND ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants' motions to dismiss and plaintiff's motion to remand the matter to the state court where it was originally filed. The United States made a special appearance in support of the plaintiff's motion to remand.1

This case concerns the interaction between the saving to suitors clause of...

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