Judge: New Defendant Sends Virgin Islands Asbestos Case Back To Territorial Court

Mealey's (May 28, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT) -- ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands — Defendants have not shown that a plaintiff was dilatory in adding a diversity defeating defendant, that litigating the Virgin Islands asbestos case in federal court is the better option or that the plaintiffs fraudulently joined the defendant simply to defeat jurisdiction, a federal judge in the Virgin Islands said May 25 in remanding....