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HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP. v. RICHARDSON

Civ. Nos. 1993-261, 1993-239.

894 F.Supp. 211 (1995)

HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP., Virgin Islands Industrial Maintenance Corp. and Leslie Wallace, Appellants, v. Erica RICHARDSON, individually and on behalf of the minors, Ilsa Tanghow, Gregory Robinson and Keith Conteh, Appellees, UNITED DOMINION CONSTRUCTORS, INC., William Osner and Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., Appellants, v. Hugh David COFFEY, Appellee,

District Court, Virgin Islands, Appellate Division, D. Saint Croix.

Decided June 20, 1995.

As Amended August 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Logan, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. for Indus. Maintenance Corp.

Britain H. Bryant, Bryant, White and Associates, P.C., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

R. Eric Moore, Christiansted, St. Croix, for Leslie Wallace.

Lee J. Rohn, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., George W. Cannon, Jr., Frederiksted, St. Croix, for Erica Richardson, Individually and on behalf of the minors Ilsa Tanghow, Gregory Robinson, and Keith Conteh.

Andrew C. Simpson, Bryant, White and Associates, P.C., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. for United Dominion Constructors, Inc., United Dominion Constructors, Inc., Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

Lisa Harris-Moorhead, Moorhead & Bastress, P.C., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Hugh David Coffey.

Before MOORE, Chief Judge, District Court of the Virgin Islands; THOMPSON, Chief Judge United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Sitting by Designation; and GILES, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Sitting by Designation.

OPINION

MOORE, Chief Judge.

These separate appeals involve provisions of the Virgin Islands labor relations statute, V.I. CODE ANN. tit. 24, §§ 61-79 (1993), and in particular, sections 76-79 governing wrongful discharge ("Wrongful Discharge Act" or "WDA"). Both appellees, discharged employees, filed complaints with the Virgin Islands Department of Labor ("Department" or "DOL") charging wrongful discharge, subsequently filed WDA actions in the...

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