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FIGUEROA-OLMO v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

Nos. Civ. 82-2518CC, Civ. 82-2828CC.

616 F.Supp. 1445 (1985)

Amparo FIGUEROA-OLMO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Counterclaimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY, Evelester Noriega De Cortez, the conjugal partnership constituted by Evelester Noriega de Cortez and Dr. Gilberto Cortez Figueroa; ABC Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants. Milagros Contreras MERCED, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Counterclaimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

As Amended September 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Rodón-Elizalde, Rafael E. García-Rodón Oscar González-Badillo, Hato Rey, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Antonio Gnocci-Franco, O'Neill & Borges, Hato Rey, P.R., José E. Fernández-Seín, Santurce, P.R., Ernesto Rodríguez-Surís, San Juan, P.R., Miguel Giménez-Muńoz, Old San Juan, P.R., Frederick Auld, San Juan, P.R., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

A traffic accident in which four persons lost their lives when the truck they were riding in collided with a trailer that was crossing a highway near the outskirts of metropolitan San Juan is the subject of the present consolidated actions for damages brought by forty relatives of the deceased against the owner of the trailer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse). Federal jurisdiction is premised on diversity...

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