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PREVOST v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP.

Civ. Nos. 1984/195, 1985/86 and 1985/28.

640 F.Supp. 1220 (1986)

Pauliphy PREVOST and Joan Prevost, Plaintiffs, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION, Defendant. Phillip SCOTLAND, et ux., Plaintiff, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION, Defendant. Logan GREENE, Plaintiff, v. MARTIN MARIETTA ALUMINA, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Virgin Islands, St. Croix Division.

August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Coon, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for Pauliphy Prevost.

Desmond L. Maynard, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for Phillip Scotland.

Eszart A. Wynter, Frederiksted, St. Croix, V.I., for Logan Greene.

Britain H. Bryant, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

R. Eric Moore, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for Martin Marietta Alumina, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

We confront in these cases the issue whether constitutional protections preserve the borrowed employee defense. Specifically we must determine whether the recent amendments to the Workmen's Compensation Act, retroactively abolishing the borrowed employee defense, violate the contract and due process clauses of the Revised Organic Act. Since we find they do not, we will deny the defendants' motions...

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