SANCHEZ v. TRIPLE-S MANAGEMENT, CORP.

No. 06-1925.

492 F.3d 1 (2007)

Jose SANCHEZ; Nilsa Irizarry; Conjugal Partnership Sanchez-Irizarry, d/b/a, Laboratorio Clinico Irizarry Guash; Delma Rodriguez; Wilmer Roldan; Conjugal Partnership Roldan-Rodriguez, d/b/a Laboratorio Salimar; Maite Rolon-Balseiro; Cesar Del-Valle-Vague; Conjugal Partnership Del-Valle-Rolon, d/b/a Laboratorio Clinico Rolon; Oim Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Laboratorio Clinico Ramos; Elba Rivera-Martinez; Conjugal Partnership Melendez-Rivera; Jose Zayas; Ana Hernandez-Rivera; Conjugal Partnership Zayas-Hernandez; Frances Gutierrez-Martinez; Conjugal Partnership Garraton-Gutierr; Nestor Allende-Ortiz; Rosa Asparo-Plana; Conjugal Partnership; Allende-Asparo; Medical Geriatrics and Administrative Services, Inc.; Outpatient Administrative Services, Inc.; Jose E. Varela-Rosario; Migdalia Quiles-Rodriguez; Conjugal Partnership Varela-Quiles, d/b/a Farmacia San José, d/b/a Farmacia De Aqui; Ana Delia Marrero; Conjugal Partnership Torres-Marrero, d/b/a Farmacia San Antonio; Alicia Feliberti-Irizarry; Guillermo J. Fernandez; Elizabeth Sanchez De Leon; Conjugal Partnership Ruiz-Sanchez; Lydia Ayala-Diaz; Julia Naveira; Conjugal Partnership; Vazquez-Naveira; Luis Carmelo Alamo Cruz; Conjugal Partnerhsip Alamo-Cruz; Jose William Vazquez; Isolina Ruiz; Jose Vega; Conjugal Partnership Vega-Ruiz; Frances Matos-Ortiz; Wilfredo Burgos Santiago; Conjugal Partnership Burgos-Matos; Jorealis Vigo-Gonzalez; Aymette Vigo-Gonzalez; Lendis Ojeda-Alemany; Karla Ojeda-Alemany; Daniel Aquino Rivera; Doris Miranda Ramos; Conjugal Partnership Aquino-Miranda; Alejandra Ojeda-Alemany; Danieric Aquino-Miranda; Darryl Aquino-Miranda; Edgardo Rodriguez-Marrero; Roy Brown; Sammy Garau-Diaz; Ketty Diaz-Garcia; Aedna Martinez-Lazu; Andrés Romero-Dest; Ana I. Rodriguez-Marrero; Daisy Morales-Perez; Carmen Ortiz-Roque, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. TRIPLE-S MANAGEMENT, CORP.; Triple-S, Inc.; Seguros Triple S, Inc.; Seguros De Vida Triple-S, Inc., SSS; Interactive Systems, Inc.; Triple-C, Inc.; Accesso-Salud, Inc.; MC-21 Corporation; CPA Ramon M. Ruiz-Comas; Miguel Vazquez-Deynes; Crispulo Rivera-Ofray; MD Belisario Matta; MD Fernando L. Longo; MD Wilmer Rodriguez-Silva; MD Fernando Ysern-Borras; MD Emigdio Buonomo; MD Angel W. Hernandez-Colón, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cherie K. Durand, with whom Paul H. Hulsey, Reynaldo Quinones, Hulsey Litigation Group, LLC and G. Robert Blakey were on brief, for appellants.

Gael Mahony, with whom Holland & Knight, LLP, Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira, César T. Alcover-Acosta, José L. Ramírez Coll, and Fiddler, González & Rodríguez were on brief, for appellees.

Eduardo A. Zayas-Marxuach, with whom Roberto C. Quiñones-Rivera and McConnell Valdés were on brief, for appellee, MC-21 Corporation.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal from the entry of summary judgment for the defendants on claims asserting violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq. (2000) ("RICO"). We affirm.

I.

The plaintiffs commenced this suit as a putative class action, purporting to represent, among others, providers of medical products and services covered under policies issued or administered...

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