Legal Opinion
Government of the Virgin Islands v. United Industrial, Service, Transportation, Professional & Government Workers of North America
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 13, 2016No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2015-0060PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(January 13, 2016)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
The Department of Human Services (“DHS”) appeals from the Superior Court’s May 20, 2015 opinion, which denied its request to vacate an arbitrator’s award directing that Marie Danielson, a DHS employee, receive $101,775.96 in back pay. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts of this case are largely undisputed. In 1995, the DHS hired Danielson to serve as a corrections officer in the Youth Rehabilitation Center on St. Croix (“YRC”). While working in that capacity on January 18, 2000, Danielson slipped on water…
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