DELGADO v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 2000-173.

137 F.Supp.2d 611 (2001)

Rosa DELGADO, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee.

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

March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Jackson, Jr., St. Thomas, VI, for Appellant.

Paul J. Paquin, Assistant Attorney General, St. Thomas, VI, for Appellee.

RAYMOND L. FINCH, Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands; THOMAS K. MOORE, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands; and PATRICIA D. STEELE, Judge of the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Sitting by Designation.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court judge abused his discretion when he granted the government's motion to dismiss appellant's tort claim against it and denied the appellant's motion for permission to file a late claim pursuant to V.I. CODE ANN. tit. 33, § 3409(c). Finding that the trial court judge did not abuse his discretion, we will uphold the Territorial Court's denial of appellant's request to file...

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