ACEVEDO-GARCIA v. VERA-MONROIG

No. 97-2639(JP).

170 F.Supp.2d 165 (2001)

Luis A. ACEVEDO GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs v. Hon. Roberto Vera MONROIG, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

October 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Roldan-Gonzalez, Aguadilla, PR, Miguel A. Pagan-Rivera, Hao Rey, PR, Hector L. Guzman, San Sebastian, PR, for plaintiffs.

Luis V. Villares-Sarmiento, Yahaida Zabala, Sanchez Betances & Sifre, San Juan, PR, John M. Garcia-Nokonechna, Juan C. Garay-Massey, Garcia & Fernandez, San Juan, PR, Judith Martinez-Fortier, Department of Justice of PR Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, Johanna M. Emmanuelli-Huertas, Luis Falto-Cruz, Pedro Ortiz Alvarez Law Offices, Ponce, PR, for defendants.


ORDER

PIERAS, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

While in the process of creating the verdict forms in this case, the Court was confronted with the issues of punitive damages and the applicability of 29 P.R. Laws Ann. § 146's damages provision ("Law 100") to this case. Although these issues have not been raised by any of the parties in this case, as trial has begun and it seems that no party intends to bring up the issues, the Court...

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