Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Connor
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 24, 2014No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2013-0095PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(February 24, 2014)
2Per curiam
This matter comes before the Court pursuant to an appeal brought by the Government of the Virgin Islands and the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) from the Superior Court’s September 4, 2013 Opinion and Order, which entered judgment against them and in favor of the Estate of Dale Orrin Connor. Since the Superior Court erroneously invoked section 4 of title 1 of the Virgin Islands Code — an effectively repealed statute — in automatically and mechanistically applying the Restatements of the Law to the underlying claims, we summarily reverse and remand the…
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