And the Defense Wins!
November 30th, 2018
On November 30, 2018, Carl Beckstedt and Emily Shoup of Beckstedt & Associates, together with co-counsel Jennifer Jones of Law Offices of Jennifer Jones, prevailed on behalf of the Defendant United Corporation in a jury trial in the Superior Cour…
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Good News for the Good Hope Country Day Moot Court Team!
May 19th, 2017
The Good Hope Country Day School (GHCDS), coached by Beckstedt & Associates attorney Michael A. Rogers, won the V.I. Bar Association sponsored 23rd Annual Moot Court competition held May 16 – 18, 2017. The competition involved the First Amendme…
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Beckstedt & Associates Obtains a Rule 12 Dismissal For Failure to State A Claim
April 4th, 2016
Attorney Kuczynski of Beckstedt & Associates obtained a dismissal of a complaint on behalf of his client in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix. The Plaintiff allegedly sustained personal injuries after being assaulted…
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Attorney Beckstedt Obtains Defense Verdict
March 6th, 2015
Attorney Beckstedt of Beckstedt & Associates obtained a defense verdict on behalf of his client in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas. The plaintiff allegedly sustained numerous soft tissue injuries after slipping an…
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Claimant’s Personal Injury Claim Denied In Its Entirety
November 19th, 2014
Just months before an arbitration hearing, Beckstedt & Associates was substituted in to complete expert discovery and defend a personal injury premises liability case where both liability and damages were hotly contested. Sound preparation allowe…
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VI Supreme Court changes premises liability law in the U.S. Virgin Islands
October 16th, 2014
Our newly created VI Supreme Court continues to change existing law and develop its own jurisprudence. In Machado v. Yacht Haven U.S.V.I, LLC, 2014 Westlaw 5282116 (VI Oct. 16, 2014), the court has eliminated the invitee, licensee and trespasser dist…
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Categories: Legal News
District Court Dismisses Case for Failure to State a Claim
March 6th, 2014
Beckstedt & Associates obtained a Rule 12 dismissal of a personal injury action on behalf of a major restaurant chain franchisee in St. Thomas in a negligence case brought under common law negligence. The District Court agreed that there is no ca…
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Superior Court Dismisses Case Finding No Proximate Cause
November 15th, 2013
Beckstedt & Associates obtained a summary dismissal just two days before trial in a hotly contested wrongful death case in which a local worker was killed when a slab he was unloading in St. Thomas fell on top of him. Our client was a Florida who…
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District Court Grants Rule 12 Dismissal Under Application of Iqbal and Twombly
August 21st, 2013
The District Court found that Plaintiffs’ six count complaint against an innkeeper failed to allege factual specificity to support the claims against the innkeeper related to the theft and damage of Plaintiffs’ personal property (which was eventu…
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Beckstedt & Associates Wins Two Defense Verdicts: One in Arbitration and One at Trial
June 7th, 2013
While Attorney Beckstedt awaited a jury verdict in a mandatory, court-appointed criminal defense trial, he got word from his office that he had just won an arbitration hearing in a personal injury premises liability case. The Arbitrator held no liabi…
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