Legal Opinion
Dublin v. Virgin Islands Telephone Corp.
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided June 9, 1978No. Civil No. 7/1977PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*218MEMORANDUM OPINION
This case presents novel and important questions involving the interplay of Rule 14 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act1 in the context of a procedural wrangle over defendant’s motion to implead the Government of the Virgin Islands as a third-party defendant in an apparently simple tort case.
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The plaintiff, Gloster Dublin, alleges that negligently maintained telephone lines belonging to the defendant, Virgin Islands Telephone Company (hereinafter Vitelco), on November 19, 1976, fell on his house causing damage to his property in the…
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