Celia Gumbs and James Gumbs v. Pueblo International, Inc. D/B/A Pueblo Supermarkets. Appeal of Pueblo International, Inc

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the unfortunately increasingly familiar scenario in the Virgin Islands of an enormous jury award apparently far in excess of the injuries suffered by the plaintiff. In this action for damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff when she slipped on spilled oil in the defendant’s supermarket, the district court denied the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but, finding the jury’s award shocking to the judicial conscience, ordered a remittitur. The defendant now appeals from the judgment both with respect…