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RODRIGUEZ v. LITTON INDUS. LEASING CORP.

No. 77-1263.

574 F.2d 44 (1978)

Anibal RUIZ RODRIGUEZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. LITTON INDUSTRIES LEASING CORP. et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi, San Juan, P. R., with whom Feldstein, Gelpi, Toro & Hernandez, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Daniel J. Dougherty, New York, N. Y., with whom Vicente M. Ydrach, San Juan, P. R., Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York, N. Y., and Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago & Perez, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are longshoremen who were injured during their work on vessels in Puerto Rican harbors. They invoke federal diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and the Puerto Rico direct action statute, 26 P.R.Laws Ann. §§ 2001 et seq., in aid of their various actions, now consolidated, to recover damages for personal injury from The United Kingdom Mutual Steamship (Bermuda) Limited (United Kingdom), which provides...

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