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LEWIS v. C.J. LANGENFELDER & SON, JR.,

Record No. 022543.

587 S.E.2d 697 (2003)

266 Va. 513

Gerry R. LEWIS, Administrator of the Estate of Willie Benjamin Lewis, Deceased v. C.J. LANGENFELDER & SON, JR., INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arthur Rutter, III (Martin Thomas; Rutter, Walsh, Mills & Rutter; Decker, Cardon, Thomas, Weintraub & Neskis, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

John E. Holloway (Carl D. Gray; Hunton & Williams, on brief), Norfolk, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, the dispositive issue is whether this Court has jurisdiction over the case in light of the removal of the action to a federal district court. The removal occurred after the state trial court dismissed a claim filed under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. Because removal of an action from state court to federal court effects a transfer of the entire case, this Court...

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