Gonzalez v. Stevens

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

How much information is necessary to describe the “nature” of a claim submitted to the Office of the Governor under the Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act, 33 V.I.C. §§ 3408-3415? That is the question presented in a motion, now before the Court, to dismiss this personal injury action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1). For the reasons which follow, the motion will be denied.

The Government offers a new refrain in what has become a familiar theme in the courts of this territory. It argues not that the claimants herein were delinquent in submitting…