ACOSTA OLIVERAS v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP.

No. Civ. 98-2252(DRD).

36 F.Supp.2d 443 (1999)

Arquelio ACOSTA OLIVERAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

January 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose M. Urrutia-Velez, Hato Rey, for plaintiffs.

Jose A. Bague-Soto, Rivera Tulla & Ferrer, Hato Rey, PR, James Belk-Arce, Sierra-Serapion, San Juan, PR, Edward M. Borges, San Juan, PR, Hugh B. Bright, Jr., Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN, Francisco G. Bruno-Rovira, McConnell Valdes, San Juan, PR, Alejandro J. Cacho, Reichard & Calaf, San Juan, PR, Ricardo F. Casellas, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Ramon E. Dapena, Goldman Antonetti & Cordova, San Juan, PR, Guillermo DeGuzman-Vendrell, Cancio, Nadal, Rivera & Diaz, San Juan, PR, Antonio Gnocchi-Franco, Hato Rey, PR, Edward A. Godoy, Feldstein, Gelpi & Gotay, San Juan, PR, for defendants.


REMAND OPINION AND ORDER

DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs originally filed this action in the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on April 2, 1998. The complaint asserted various claims for damages suffered as a result of exposure to products containing asbestos. One of these claims was based on the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, ("RICO") 18 U.S.C. §§...

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