Legal Opinion
Nieves v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 22, 1987No. Nos. 86-3049, 86-3065 to 86-3067, 86-3584 and 86-3585PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The issue on appeal is whether the Virgin Islands legislature’s amendment of the Virgin Islands Workmen’s Compensation Act (the Act) to retroactively eliminate application of the “borrowed employee” doctrine as a bar to pending tort suits constitutes an unjustified impairment of the contractual obligations of Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation (Hess or HOVIC), or a violation of Hess’ due process rights. Six employees of Litwin Panamerican, Inc. (Lit-win) who were injured while on loan to and working for Hess filed separate tort actions against…
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