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RUIZ RODRIGUEZ v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEAS. CORP.

Civ. Nos. 446-70, 569-71, 808-71, 71-72, 192-72, 619-72 and 615-67.

428 F.Supp. 1232 (1977)

Anibal RUIZ RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEASING CORP. and United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Association, Ltd., Defendants. Leocadio MARQUEZ RESTO, Plaintiff, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEASING CORP. and United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Association, Ltd., Defendants. Cleto PAGAN CLEMENTE, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED KINGDOM MUTUAL STEAMSHIP (BERMUDA) LTD., Defendant. Luis B. ORTIZ DURAN, Plaintiff, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEASING CORP. and the United Kingdom Mutual Steamship (Bermuda) Ltd., Defendants. Victoria STEVENSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEASING CORP. et al., Defendants. Tomas ECHEVARRIA ORTIZ, Plaintiff, v. CONTAINERSHIP CHARTERING SERVICE et al., Defendants. Pedro CENTENO SANTOS, Plaintiff, v. COASTAL SHIPPING CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi and Feldstein, Gelpi, Toro & Hernandez, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Vicente M. Ydrach and Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago, Perez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., and Daniel J. Dougherty and Kirlin Campbell & Keating, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

These cases have been consolidated for purposes of considering Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment which raise one issue: whether an employee covered by the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund can invoke Puerto Rico's Direct Action Statute, 26 L.P.R.A. 2001 et seq., against an insurer of a State Insurance Fund — insured employer.

Defendants aver that an insurance company can not be found liable...

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