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GUMBS v. PUEBLO INTERN., INC.

Nos. 86-3047, 86-3285.

823 F.2d 768 (1987)

Celia GUMBS and James Gumbs v. PUEBLO INTERNATIONAL, INC. d/b/a Pueblo Supermarkets. Appeal of PUEBLO INTERNATIONAL, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfredo A. Geigel (argued), Frederick Owen Ferrand, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for appellant.

Ethel Carr Hunter Mitchell (argued), St. Thomas, V.I., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the unfortunately increasingly familiar scenario in the Virgin Islands of an enormous jury award apparently far in excess of the injuries suffered by the plaintiff. In this action for damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff when she slipped on spilled oil in the defendant's supermarket, the district court denied the defendant's motion for judgment...

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