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AMERICAN & FOREIGN INS. ASS'N v. COMMERCIAL INS.

No. 77-1292.

575 F.2d 980 (1978)

AMERICAN & FOREIGN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants, Appellants, v. COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Cordova Gonzalez and Cordova Gonzalez, Law Offices, San Juan, P. R., on brief for defendants, appellants.

Charles A. Cordero, San Juan, P. R., on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, MOORE, Senior Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's refusal to set aside judgment pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. Rules 55(c) and 60(b). The judgment was entered against appellants, two insurance companies and their insured, in default when their attorney failed to appear on the scheduled trial date. Appellants argue that the court lacked in personam jurisdiction over them and that the court abused its discretion in failing to set aside the default judgment...

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