Legal Opinion
Rainey v. Hermon
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 6, 2011No. S. Ct. Civ. No. 2010-0007PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 6, 2011)
Cabret, J.
Leola Hermon hired Deniece M. Rainey, an attorney, to assist her with certain legal matters. When Hermon failed to pay for that assistance, Rainey sued Hermon in Superior Court to collect the fees for the legal services she rendered to Hermon. The Superior Court ruled in favor of Rainey, but reduced the amount owed to Rainey without any evidentiary support. Because factual determinations made by a trial court must be tethered to evidence in the record, the Superior Court’s unsupported determinations are clearly erroneous. Therefore, for the…
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