Estephane ex rel. Estephane v. Hobson

MEMORANDUM OPINION WITH ORDER ATTACHED

This case is before the Court on defendant Hobson’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, a ruling on this motion is deferred for sixty days from this opinion.

The facts of the case are that Elizabeth Estephane was struck by a taxi van on March 17, 1979, while walking with her mother on the side of Centerline Road, St. Croix, and suffered injuries. The van was driven at the time by John Lynch. Elizabeth and her mother Gloria filed a complaint claiming physical injuries and suffering to Elizabeth, and emotional suffering to her mother.…