Case Caption: Virgin Islands Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation, St. Thomas/St. John District Governing Board of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, (Appellant/Petitioner,) v. Government of The Virgin Islands, Department of Health, Darlene E. Carty, Commissioner of Health, and St. Thomas Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC (Appellees/Respondents.)Case Number: S.Ct.Civ.No.: 2007-125Date: 09/16/2008Author: Citation: Summary:

Appellant Virgin Islands Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation, St. Thomas/St. John District Governing Board of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital (hereinafter "the Hospital") appeals a Superior Court order awarding Appellee St. Thomas Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC (hereinafter "ASC") prevailing party attorney's fees and costs pursuant to 5 V.I.C. § 541. The ASC has also filed a cross-appeal, arguing that the Superior Court erred by reducing its attorney's fee award by 20 percent after having first reduced it by 25 percent. Both the Hospital's appeal and the ASC's cross-appeal will be dismissed and the Superior Court's September 26, 2007 order will be vacated on ripeness grounds.

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