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de WALKER v. PUEBLO INTERN., INC.

No. 77-1022.

569 F.2d 1169 (1978)

Candida Merino de WALKER et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. PUEBLO INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Angel NEGRON et al., Third-Party Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Patton, Boston, Mass., with whom John M. Harrington, Jr., Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., David Rive Rivera, and Calderon, Rosa, Silva & Vargas, Hato Rey, P. R., were on brief, for defendant and third-party plaintiff, appellant.

Gabriel Hernandez Rivera, San Juan, P. R., with whom Feldstein, Gelpi, Toro & Hernandez, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for Candida Merino de Walker, et al., plaintiffs, appellees.

Ernesto F. Rodriguez-Suris, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Miranda Cardenas & De Corral, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for Market Ins. Co., plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, CRARY, District Judge.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee in this diversity case obtained a $25,000 jury verdict for damages suffered when she was falsely accused of shoplifting at one of Pueblo's stores in San Juan. Her husband received $2,500 for his damages suffered as a consequence of the injury to his wife. The only issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, appellant claiming that there was no diversity of...

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