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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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Superior Court Dismisses Premises Case
May 22nd, 2013
Beckstedt & Associates’ aggressive, yet prudent, use of Rule 12 motion practice is paying dividends to its defense clients. This month we were successful in having the court dismiss a premises liability case based upon plaintiff’s fai…
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Carl Beckstedt Wins Defense Verdict in Virgin Islands Products Liability Case
September 9th, 2011
On September 9, 2011, a local Virgin Islands jury returned a verdict for the defense on all counts in a products liability based suit defended by Attorney Carl Beckstedt. The claim arose from a three year old who ingested Dieffenbachia, a well-known…
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Carl Beckstedt Wins Defense Verdict in the First Virgin Islands Personal Injury Arbitration
July 1st, 2008
July 2008: Attorney Carl Beckstedt Wins Defense Verdict in the First Virgin Islands Personal Injury Arbitration. In 2008, Carl Beckstedt tried the first known Virgin Islands personal injury claim to an arbitrator pursuant to his client’s recently i…
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Attorney Beckstedt Wins Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement
May 2nd, 2005
March 2005: Attorney Beckstedt Wins Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement Requiring Arbitration of Tort Claims Against Third Party. Representing a third party beneficiary to an arbitration agreement between a plaintiff/employee and his employer, Attor…
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Beckstedt Sustains Dismissal on Plaintiff’s Appeal
November 1st, 2002
November 2002: Attorney Beckstedt Sustains Dismissal on Plaintiff’s Appeal to Third Circuit. The Plaintiff in this case was a telephone crewman who was severely injured when he was pulled from a bucket truck as a result of telephone cable coiling a…
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