Legal Opinion
Machado v. Yacht Haven U.S.V.I., LLC
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 16, 2014No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2012-0137PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 16, 2014)
CABRET, Associate Justice.
Elissa Machado appeals the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment to Yacht Haven, U.S.V.I., LLC, in a lawsuit brought after Machado allegedly tripped over a sprinkler head and fell in a parking lot at the Yacht Haven- Grande marina and galleria complex. Because Machado met her burden of demonstrating that genuine issues of material fact exist in this case, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
At about 6:25 p.m. on November 7, 2008, Elissa Machado ended her shift at a retailer in…
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