Legal Opinion
Robert Bower v. Terrence O'hara, Doris Sparks and Sparks Caribbean Investment, Inc. Appeal of Doris Sparks, Appeal of Terrence O'Hara
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 17, 1985No. 84-3400, 84-3402PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
In these appeals the defendants Doris Sparks and Terrence O’Hara appeal from a $900,000 judgment in favor of Robert Bower for injuries Bower received at the hands of O’Hara. The affray which resulted in Bower’s injuries took place on December 30, 1979 in Fat City, a tavern, owned by Sparks, in Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands. Both Bower and O’Hara were patrons. Summary judgment on the issue of liability was entered against O’Hara because he had pleaded guilty to a criminal charge which arose from the same incident providing the basis…
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