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GIBSON v. SULLIVAN TRAIL COAL CO.

Civ. No. 1981/354.

608 F.Supp. 390 (1985)

Calvert GIBSON, Plaintiff, v. SULLIVAN TRAIL COAL COMPANY and Virgin Islands Port Authority.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

April 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desmond Maynard, St. Thomas, V.I., for plaintiff.

Britain H. Bryant, Stacy L. White, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant Virgin Islands Port Authority.

James L. Hymes, III, St. Thomas, V.I., for defendant Sullivan Trail Coal Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

We decide in this opinion whether, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, an employee of an independent contractor can, if injured while at work, bring an action against the entity which hired the independent contractor in the first place. We reaffirm previous case law in this territory and hold with the vast majority of jurisdictions that such an employee is not part of the protected class for whom such an action...

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