Legal Opinion
Coastal Air Transport v. Royer
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided June 3, 2016No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2015-0028PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(June 3, 2016)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Appellant Coastal Air Transport appeals from a February 25, 2015 judgment issued in favor of Appellees Edward Royer, Florence Royer,2 and Smyrna Hamilton (“Passengers”). The Passengers have also cross-appealed from the Superior Court’s decision to sua sponte remit the jury’s award of economic damages to Mrs. Royer. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Superior Court’s decision to deny Coastal Air’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, but reverse the remittitur award, and instruct the Superior Court to reinstate the jury’s…
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