Legal Opinion
United Industrial Workers ex rel. Rivera v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 28, 2009No. D.C. Civil App. No. 2003/127APublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(April 28, 2009)
In this appeal, we review a Superior Court decision vacating an arbitrator’s award in a wrongful discharge cause of action.
I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL POSTURE
Appellant, Audrey Rivera (“Rivera”) commenced employment as a corrections officer with the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Bureau of Corrections (“Corrections” or “agency”) on April 30, 1984. On September 3, 1998, Russell Hart .a food service contractor with Corrections, reported to administrators that on September 2, 1998, he saw Rivera engaged in a deep, open-mouth kiss with an inmate named Lester Greenidge. (App.…
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