HULL v. MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN

No. 02-2590.

356 F.3d 98 (2004)

K. Andrew HULL; Patricia Rivera-Hull; and Rivera-Hull Conjugal Partnership, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN; Ace Insurance Company; and Target Engineering, S.E., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew R. Schulman with whom Getman, Stacey, Tamposi, Schulthess & Steere, P.A. was on brief for appellants.

Luis G. Martínez-Lloréns with whom Colón, Colón & Martínez, P.S.C. was on brief for appellees Target Engineering, S.E., and Ace Insurance Company.

Harold D. Vicente-González for appellee Municipality of San Juan.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from the district court's dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit. The basis for the dismissal was the district court's finding of fraud in the conduct of the litigation. Because the finding of fraud as well as the remedy adopted by the district court are contested on appeal, we begin with a bare-bones summary of what happened, reserving some of the details until discussion of the issues raised on appeal.

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