FRAGOSO v. LOPEZ

No. 92-2046.

991 F.2d 878 (1993)

Carmen FRAGOSO, a/k/a Carmen Fragoso De Conway, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Dr. Maria A. LOPEZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector M. Alvarado-Tizol, San Juan, PR, on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Efren T. Irizarry-Colon and Elisa Figueroa-Baez, Arecibo, PR, on brief for defendants, appellees.

Jose Luis Gonzalez Castaner, Hato Rey, PR, on brief for Juan Antonio Garcia, Com'r of Ins. of the Com. of Puerto Rico.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Carmen Fragoso de Conway (Fragoso), a citizen of New Jersey, appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of certain defendants, including an insurer, Corporacion Insular de Seguros (CIS), which became insolvent during the pendency of the appeal. We now conclude (1) that there is no compelling reason, based on either Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64

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