Leonard v. Government of the Virgin Islands

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The Government of the Virgin Islands moves for partial summary judgment to limit its total liability to $25,000 in this wrongful death action brought on behalf of four survivors of Winston Leonard.1 The Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act limits the liability of the Government to $25,000 in a single judgment. 33 V.I.C. § 3411(c) (Supp. 1979). Because all four survivors’ claims are asserted in one lawsuit, the Government argues that each survivor’s claim is derived from the single alleged wrong done to the decedent. Winston Leonard. Therefore, the Government contends…