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This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding a wrongful death claim against the Government of the Virgin Islands. The court found the government liable for negligently entrusting a police officer, Leon Lenhardt, with a firearm, knowing he had a propensity for abusing his authority, when he used the firearm to shoot and kill Kent Richards. The district court awarded $25,000 in damages, the maximum under the statutory waiver of sovereign immunit
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