SILVERLIGHT v. HUGGINS

Nos. 73-1008 to 73-1010.

488 F.2d 107 (1973)

Lois SILVERLIGHT and Irwin Silverlight v. James HUGGINS and Government of the Virgin Islands. Appeal of GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS. (D. C. Civil Action No. 39-1972) Brendan CONROY v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant in No. 73-1009, et al. (D. C. Civil Action No. 21-1972) Denise I. GARCIA, etc., et al. v. MANNASSAH BUS LINES, INC., et al. v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant in No. 73-1010. (D. C. Civil Action No. 262-1971)

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Tonkin, Atty. Gen. of the Virgin Islands, Henry L. Feuerzeig, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant.

Norman Schulaner, Nichols & Silverlight, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellees Lois Silverlight and Irwin Silverlight in Appeal No. 73-1008, and William H. Evans, James A. Evans, Jr. and Elliott Layfield, d/b/a Jebco Services, and Reginald Whyte in Appeal No. 73-1010.

Alexander A. Farrelly, Birch, De Jongh & Farrelly, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellees Eugene H. Smith, d/b/a Smitty's Mechanical and Rental, in Appeal No. 73-1009, and Denise I. Garcia, et al. in Appeal No. 73-1010.

John E. Stout, Grunert, Stout, Hymes & Mayer, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee Brendan Conroy in Appeal No. 73-1009.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS, Circuit Judges, and LORD, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

These are interlocutory appeals from orders of the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States, 347 F.Supp. 895, denying the motions of the Government of the Virgin Islands ("Government") to dismiss the claims asserted against it in three actions under the 1971 Virgin Islands Tort Claims Act, 33 V.I.C. §§ 3408-3413. The issues before us...

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