Legal Opinion
Der Weer v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided December 22, 2014No. SX-2005-CV-274PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMolloy, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(December 22, 2014)
BEFORE THE COURT is a motion filed by Plaintiff Lenore Der Weer, personal representative for the survivors and the estate of John Der Weer, requesting leave to amend the complaint to correct an inadequately pled survival claim. Defendants Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation and Amerada Hess Corporation — the only parties against whom Mrs. Der Weer’s claims remain in this multi-party litigation — argue that Mrs. Der Weer waited too long to move to amend, that the proposed amendments are futile because she cannot pursue both a survival claim and a wrongful…
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