THOMAS v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civ. No. 213-1971.

333 F.Supp. 961 (1971)

Ecedro THOMAS and Margarita Thomas, Surviving Parents of Arlene Thomas, Deceased Minor, Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas & St. John.

September 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne A. Hodge, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for plaintiffs.

Bruce Mac Gibbon, Asst. Atty. Gen., of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for defendant.


ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR WRONGFUL DEATH

OPINION

CHRISTIAN, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiffs, Ecedro Thomas and Margarita Thomas, to recover damages for the wrongful death of their 7 year old daughter, Arlene Thomas. In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that the public school authorities negligently released their daughter from school on a day of heavy rains and flooding without taking the necessary and proper precautions for...

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