GONZALEZ v. CRUZ

No. 90-1812.

926 F.2d 1 (1991)

Damaris GONZALEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Migdalia CRUZ, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1991.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Mudd with whom Ortiz Toro & Ortiz Brunet, was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Jose L. Delgado Cadilla, for defendant, appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and CYR, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Gonzalez appeals from the district court's dismissal of her complaint based on the pendency in the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of a lawsuit arising from the identical motor vehicle accident that gave rise to plaintiff's federal-court claim. Although we are not unsympathetic to the district court's interest in avoiding duplicative proceedings, we conclude that the factors cited by the district court...

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