Orlando Tavarez v. Allan Klingensmith

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “scrutiny of the plain language ... fails to reveal any intent by the Virgin Islands’ legislature to address whether an injured employee may initiate a civil action against a co-employee or a supervisor of the same employer” (emphasis added)
• noting that “scrutiny of the plain language . . . fails to reveal any intent by the Virgin Islands’ legislature to address whether an injured employee may initiate a civil action against a co-employee or a supervisor of the same employer” (emphasis added)
• noting “cardinal rule that a statute is to be read as a whole”
• citing, e.g, Williams v. Rene, F.3d 1096, 1099 (3d Cir.1995) (discussing respondeat superior)
• “If possible, we must give effect to every clause and word of a statute, and be reluctant to treat statutory terms as surplusage.”
• “If possible, we must give effect to every clause and word of a statute, and be reluctant to treat statutory terms as surplusage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).