El Fenix de Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Dallas

On Appeal from the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands

OPINION OF THE COURT

I. BACKGROUND

This appeal arises from an action for debt which was brought in the Territorial Court, O'Neale's Transport, Inc. v. Caribbean Restaurant, Inc., Burger King and Fred Dallas, No. 945-1990 (Terr. Ct.) (Div. of St. Croix). O'Neale's Transport, Inc. ("O'Neale's") initiated this action after a vehicle leased by West Indian Burgers, Inc. from O'Neale's was involved in an accident. At the time of the accident, Caribbean Restaurant, Inc., the parent company of West Indian Burgers, Inc., held a business auto…