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GONZALEZ-MARIN v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

No. 87-1877.

845 F.2d 1140 (1988)

Neftali GONZALEZ-MARIN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Williams, Jr., with whom Edward M. Borges, Jorge I. Peirats and O'Neill & Borges, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Luis R. Mellado-Gonzalez with whom Lorna Rodriguez-Marquez and Mellado & Mellado, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Equitable), contests a jury verdict ordering both the specific performance of a disability income policy and the payment of moral damages to Neftali Gonzalez Marin, the purchaser and beneficiary of the disputed policy. Gonzalez became disabled by catatonic schizophrenia1 within three months after purchasing the insurance policy. He therefore...

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