RIVERA-VELÁZQUEZ v. HARTFORD STEAM CO.

No. 13-1301.

750 F.3d 1 (2014)

Ramiro RIVERA-VELÁZQUEZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonia B. Alfaro de la Vega , with whom Sonia B. Alfaro de la Vega Law Offices, was on brief, for appellants.

Pedro J. Torres-Díaz , with whom Zahira D. Díaz-Vázquez and Jackson Lewis LLP., were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Attorneys represent clients. A familiar incident of this relationship is that an attorney's actions within the scope of her representation normally bind her clients. A corollary of this proposition is the sad fact — but the fact nonetheless — that the sins of the attorney are sometimes visited upon the client. This is such a case.

The facts are easily assembled. In March of 2010, plaintiff-appellant Ramiro Rivera-Velá...

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