Pelle v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London

OPINION OF THE COURT

(January 31, 2017)

Edward Pelle appeals the Superior Court’s decision to not apply the holding of a recent Virgin Islands Supreme Court case — changing the interpretation of a local statute — to a final judgment entered against him in 2007. We affirm the Superior Court’s decision and hold that this Court’s interpretation of a law does not render an earlier final judgment void even though it was based on a prior misunderstanding of the law, absent some extraordinary circumstance.

Hodge, Chief Justice.

I. BACKGROUND

Pelle insured his vehicle through Inter-Ocean Insurance Agency…