Legal Opinion
George N. Vanterpool, Marjorie Vanterpool, His Wife v. Hess Oil V.I. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 28, 1985No. 84-3506PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes to us as a certified question pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). We are asked to decide two questions: 1) whether the borrowed employee doctrine applies in the Virgin Islands so that workers’ compensation may supply the exclusive remedy for injuries sustained by an employee loaned to the borrowing employer and engaged in the performance of a borrowing employer’s work; 1 and 2) whether, to establish workers’ compensation as an injured employee’s exclusive remedy against a borrowing employer, the borrowed employee must be shown to have…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Paul v. Ruiz v. Shell Oil Company, National Tank CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Gaudet v. Exxon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Roy Hebron v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Joseph Berkeley v. West Indies Enterprises, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Chad S. Gass v. Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation, Raco, Incorporated, and Ann Marie EstesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Conrad Peter, in No. 88-3797 v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., in No. 88-3798Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Orlando Tavarez v. Allan KlingensmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Nieves v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Ferris v. V.I. Industrial Gases, Inc.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1987
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