Legal Opinion
Samuel v. United Corp.
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided May 2, 2016No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2015-0026PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(May 2, 2016)
Cabret, Associate Justice.
Velma Samuel appeals a jury verdict in the Superior Court finding that United Corporation was not liable for a slip-and-fall injury Samuel sustained in the Plaza Extra grocery store on St. Thomas. Because the Superior Court erred in denying Samuel’s motion for a spoliation instruction, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Samuel filed her complaint in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands on August 16, 2012, alleging that she slipped and fell on milk spilled on *515the floor of United Corporation’s…
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