Legal Opinion
Vertichio v. Ennia General Insurance
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided August 17, 1983No. Civil No. 28/82PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtPetersen, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION INTRODUCTION
This is an action to recover under a marine insurance policy for damages caused to a vessel by shipworms. The essential facts are as follows: In early 1979 James, Gary and Robert Vertichio, doing business as Captain Ross Caribbean Lobster Co. (plaintiffs), bought a boat named the “Joe Christmas” in Virginia, and sailed it to the Virgin Islands. In both January and May 1980, while the vessel was tied up at the northeast end of the commercial pier at Gallows Bay, Christiansted, St. Croix, the lines securing the boat were removed and left slack. This caused the…
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- Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office v. Spot Pack, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Tropical Marine Products, Inc. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Lanasa Fruit Steamship & Importing Co. v. Universal InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Lillian Reisman v. New Hampshire Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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