CASON v. PUERTO RICO ELEC. POWER AUTHORITY

No. 12-2354.

770 F.3d 971 (2014)

Marisol CASON; Patricia Benavides, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Daisy Aguayo Cuevas, individually and on behalf of her Minor Children, E.A.T.A.; T.M.T.A.; J.M.T.A.; and A.J.T.A., Plaintiffs, v. Puerto Rico Electric POWER AUTHORITY; ACE Insurance Company; Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc.; Triple-S Propiedad, Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, JAF Communications, Inc.; Universal Insurance Company, Third Party Defendants-Appellees, ETL Contractors, Inc.; Insurance Company "Z", Third Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatuey Infante-Castellanos , with whom Toby B. Fullmer and Matthews & Fullmer, L.L.C., were on brief, for appellants Cason and Benavides.

Ángel A. Valencia-Aponte , was on brief, for of appellee Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and GELPÍ, District Judge.


GELPÍ, District Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants, Marisol Cason and Patricia Benavides ("Cason and Benavides"), filed a wrongful death suit against Defendants in the United States District Court in Puerto Rico. The Defendant-Appellee, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority ("PREPA"), challenged the District Court's jurisdiction, arguing that an additional, non-diverse member of the decedent's estate who was not made a party to the action, was indispensable, and that...

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