Legal Opinion
Better Building Maintenance of the Virgin Islands, Inc. v. Lee
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided April 15, 2014No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2012-0092PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(April 15, 2014)
Cabret, Associate Justice.
Better Building Maintenance of the Virgin Islands, Inc., appeals a jury verdict awarding Andrea Lee damages for a slip-and-fall incident occurring in the large discount department store where she worked. Better Building argues that this Court must reverse the verdict because the Superior Court erred by allowing Lee to impeach Better Building’s witness with inadmissible evidence, admitting testimony on future medical expenses without a proper foundation, and instructing the jury to reduce the future damages award to present value…
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