Legal Opinion
Farrell v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands (HOVIC)
Superior Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided August 6, 2012No. Case No. SX-04-CV-607PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonohue, Presiding Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(August 6, 2012)
THIS MATTER is before the Court on two motions filed by Defendants, Hovic and Hess Corporation; 1) Motion to Disqualify Plaintiffs’ Counsel, Attorney Theodore Huge, Esq., and the Law Firm of Motley Rice. LLC; and 2) Motion to Disqualify Plaintiffs’ Counsel. Attorney Theodore Huge, Esq., Attorney Russell Pate Esq., and their *55respective law firms Harris & Huge LLC and the Pate Law Firm.1 For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny both motions.
1. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This matter sounds in negligence.2 In 2004, the law firm of Motley Rice LLC3 (“Motley Rice”)…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Borman v. BormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- In Re Corn Derivatives Antitrust Litigation (Mdl 414). Appeal of John E. Koerner & Co., Inc., Imperial Products Corporation, and Pan-O-Gold, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- American Can Company v. Citrus Feed Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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