Legal Opinion
Matthew v. Herman
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided May 15, 2012No. S. Ct. Civ. No. 2009-0074PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(May 15, 2012)
CABRET, Associate Justice.
Appellee Dermont Herman sued Appellant Matthias Matthew in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands to recover *676damages based on two common law causes of action, alienation of affection and criminal conversation, revolving around Matthew’s affair with Herman’s wife. The jury awarded Herman $125,000 and costs. Matthew now appeals, arguing first that the common law causes of action on which the lawsuit was based should not be recognized in the Virgin Islands, and, alternatively, that Herman failed to set out sufficient proof for the…
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