PARKER v. UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO

No. 99-1456.

225 F.3d 1 (2000)

Donald PARKER, Maria Jesusa Vazquez Parker, and their Conjugal Partnership, Maria A. Parker Vazquez, Minor, and Johanna Parker Vazquez, Minor, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO, General Accident Insurance Co., and John Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Becker Whitaker, with whom Troncoso & Becker was on brief, for appellants.

Vanessa-Viera Rabelo, with whom Jeannette Lopez-de Victoria and Pinto-Lugo & Rivera were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Beneath the surface of this seemingly simple case, there are issues of considerable complexity and import. Strikingly, they were largely missed by the parties.

I.

The plaintiffs, Donald Parker, his wife, their conjugal partnership, and their two daughters (collectively, the "Parkers"), brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities...

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