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KOCK v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Nos. 86-3094, 86-3149.

811 F.2d 240 (1987)

Mario KOCK, Administrator of the Estate of Mercedes Maria Figaroa Tromp, Deceased, Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley (argued), Sarah M. Thompson, Beasley, Hewson, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein & Thistle, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant-cross-appellee.

Leroy A. Mercer, Atty. Gen., Edward A. Wascoe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Dept. of Law, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee-cross-appellant.

Before SLOVITER, STAPLETON, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

The primary question raised on this appeal is whether a judgment for damages rendered by the District Court of the Virgin Islands and affirmed by this court on appeal, may be subsequently reduced by the trial court because the defendant's insurance carrier went into liquidation.

Mercedes Tromp, a resident of Antigua, was admitted as a patient to the Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital, a facility owned and...

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