Virgin Islands Judge Affirms Arbitration Award In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (May 8, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT) -- CHRISTIANSTED, Virgin Islands — Parties to an employment contract arbitration provision received what they bargained for in a ruling finding that the specific exposures in question were not a cause of man’s mesothelioma, and there is no evidence that the arbitrator applied the wrong standard or that such an error would require vacating the award, a judge in the Virgin Islands said April 26 (Alvin Canaii v. Hess Oil V.I. Corp., No. SX-2006-CV-751, V.I. Super., 2020 V.I. LEXIS 43)....