DAO v. KNIGHTSBRIDGE INTERN. REINSURANCE CORP.

No. CIV.A. 97-1396.

15 F.Supp.2d 567 (1998)

Thao DAO, Plaintiff, v. KNIGHTSBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL REINSURANCE CORPORATION, Shaw International, Eton Management Corporation, Graham Haywood, Financial Solutions, Inc., Jim Haynie, The Marine Surveyors, Inc., and Kevin R. Grumt, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Rossi, Rossi, Barry, Corrado, Grassi & Radell, P.C., Wildwood, NJ, for Plaintiff, Thao Dao.

Scott A. Lazar, James E. Mercante, Kroll & Tract, L.L.P., Newark, NJ, for Defendants, Knightsbridge International Reinsurance Corporation, Shaw International, Eton Management Corporation, and Graham Haywood.

Gerard H. Hanson, Hill Wallack, Princeton, NJ, for Defendant, The Marine Surveyors, Inc.


OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

This admiralty case presents several thorny procedural and jurisdictional questions which are far more complicated than the parties originally realized. The Court is now required to sort through the complexities of the law governing removal of admiralty cases, and the jurisdictional consequences of a waiver of improper removal in order to decide the Plaintiff's motion to transfer this action to the Eastern District of Virginia...

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