Court orders payment of US$99,783 to MEADOWLANDS B.V.
The Court of First Instance ordered defendants to pay MEADOWLANDS B.V. US$99,783 over damage to its garbage truck and ordered an insurer to pay US$22,300 plus US$1,875 in extrajudicial costs. The Court of First Instance also ordered a power company to begin adapting cables and required an owner and manager to allow access to a transformer station and related installations.
MEADOWLANDS B.V., as claimant, sought damages after a collision with its garbage truck during a street race. [1]
On 29 September 2026, the Court of First Instance ordered the defendants to pay MEADOWLANDS B.V. US$99,783 with statutory interest from 3 April 2025 until full payment, and ordered an insurer, jointly and severally with the defendants, to pay US$22,300 with interest from that date. [1] The court also ordered the insurer to pay MEADOWLANDS B.V. US$1,875 in extrajudicial costs with statutory interest from 3 April 2025 until full payment. [1]
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On 29 September 2026, the Court of First Instance declared the manager's claims inadmissible, ordered the power company to begin carefully adapting the existing cable route within four weeks, and declared that the company has lawful use, access and management rights to the transformer station and connected utility installations since 1991. [4] The court also ordered the owner and manager to give the company access after reasonable advance notice for maintenance, inspection or repair. [4]
In an appeal concerning divorce and legal separation, the Joint Court upheld the earlier decision on 8 September 2026 and rejected the man's additional alternative counter-request. [2]
In provisional summary proceedings, appellants sought a further shortening of appeal deadlines, and the Joint Court issued its ruling on 10 September 2026. [3]
What the week shows
Sint Maarten's courts published 4 rulings between 5 October 2026 and 11 October 2026: 2 from the Court of First Instance and 2 from the Joint Court of Justice on appeal. By area of law, as the courts file them (one ruling can fall under two): civil 4, burgerlijk procesrecht 1, family 1. The government was not a party in any of them.
Sources
- ECLI:NL:OGEAM:2026:135 — Straatrace Sint Maarten. Ongeval. Beperking dekking volgens artikel 10 lid 1 LAM Sint Maarten.
- ECLI:NL:OGHACMB:2026:275 — Sint Maarten. Echtscheiding. Scheiding van tafel en bed. Duurzame ontwrichting. Goede procesorde.
- ECLI:NL:OGHACMB:2026:280 — Sint Maarten. Spoedappel in kort geding. Verzoek om verdere verkorting van de termijnen. Beoordelingskader. Betekening. Hybride zitting.
- ECLI:NL:OGEAM:2026:134 — Eigenaar wel ontvankelijk, beheerder niet. Toepassing Landsverordening uitgifte in erfpacht Sint Maarten; eigenaar moet kabels en transforma
How we did this
Every ruling here was published in full by Sint Maarten's courts on rechtspraak.nl. Software read each one, including the court's decision; a second, separate check compared every sentence of this piece with the rulings it cites, and removed any it could not match. The courts remove private people's names before publishing, and so do we. Numbered links go to each ruling.
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