Delgado v. Government of the Virgin Islands

OPINION OF THE COURT

At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court judge abused his discretion when he granted the government’s motion to dismiss appellant’s tort claim against it and denied the appellant’s motion for permission to file a late claim pursuant to V.I. CODE ANN. tit. 33, § 3409(c). Finding that the trial court judge did not abuse his discretion, we will uphold the Territorial Court’s denial of appellant’s request to file a late claim and dismissal of the case for lack of jurisdiction.

I. FACTUAL AND LEGAL BACKGROUND

On August 5, 1997, Rosa Delgado [“appellant” or “Delgado”],…