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ACOSTA v. HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Nos. 82-3254, 82-3255, 82-3256 and 82-3257.

717 F.2d 828 (1983)

Wilfredo ACOSTA, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Wilfredo ACOSTA, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC. and Daido Kogyo Company, Ltd., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Stout (argued), Grunert, Stout & Smock, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, Livingston, N.J., for appellees and cross-appellants; John I. Lisowski (argued), Livingston, N.J., of counsel and on brief; Loud, Watts & Murnan, Frederick G. Watts, Nan L. Blumenfeld, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. V.I., of counsel.

Before GIBBONS, SLOVITER and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 7, 1983.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

In the absence of contrary authority and coupled with the common law, the restatements of law approved by the American Law Institute provide the rules of decision in the Virgin Islands. V.I.Code Ann. tit. 1, § 4 (1967). This case presents the important question whether Virgin Islands law permits the award of punitive damages against defendants...

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