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· 3/30/2001

Delgado v. Government of the Virgin Islands

Citations

  • 137 F. Supp. 2d 611
  • 2001 WL 345778
  • 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5999

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that claimant’s injuries, a broken wrist and sprained ankle, that confined her to her apartment for one week were insufficient to establish “reasonable excuse” because she was still able to communicate with others even while resting in her apartment
  • “[A] serious injury that interferes with a claimant’s ability to communicate with an attorney or otherwise take action ... is a proper exercise of a court’s discretion to toll the ninety-day limitation to the extent of the interference.”

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Judges: Finch, Islands, Moore, Steele, Croix

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