ROSS v. BRICKER

Terr. Ct. No. 82/801. No. 88/55.

770 F.Supp. 1038 (1991)

Marie ROSS, Appellant/Defendant, v. Michael BRICKER, D.D.S., Appellee/Plaintiff.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Appellate Division, St. Croix.

June 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Masony, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for appellant/defendant.

Edward Haskins Jacobs, Jacobs & Brady, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for appellee/plaintiff.

Before STANLEY S. BROTMAN, Acting Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Sitting by Designation; FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Sitting by Designation; and ISHMAEL MEYERS, Judge of the Territorial Court of the United States, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BROTMAN, Acting Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a bench trial verdict awarding plaintiff Dr. Bricker $4,000 in compensatory damages plus costs for slanderous statements made by defendant Marie Ross. The trial judge orally issued her findings of fact and conclusions of law from the bench on April 4, 1984. For reasons explained below, the appeal was not officially docketed until sometime in 1988.

Defendant Ross appeals on the...

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