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RIVERA v. VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 87-3483.

854 F.2d 24 (1988)

Raquel RIVERA, Appellee, v. VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AUTHORITY And Commissioner of Housing, Juan Centeno, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfredo A. Geigel (argued), Scott A. Burton, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., Adriane J. Dudley, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellants.

Richard H. Hunter (argued), Isherwood, Hunter & Colianni, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, SLOVITER and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied September 14, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

Raquel Rivera, plaintiff and appellee, was awarded a verdict of $250,000.00 by a jury in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. The jury found the defendant/appellant, Virgin Islands Housing Authority [The Authority], liable to her for lower back injuries sustained in a fall caused by the Authority's negligent maintenance of an apartment which...

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