VARGAS-COLÓN v. FUNDACIÓN DAMAS, INC.

Nos. 16-1213 16-1620.

864 F.3d 14 (2017)

Lizbeth VARGAS-COLÓN, in representation of her minor daughter, L.C.V.; Jaime Manuel Cedeño-Vargas; Jaime Alexander Cedeño-Vargas, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. FUNDACIÓN DAMAS, INC.; Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, d/b/a Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellees, John Does 1, 2 and 3; A, B, C Corporations; Unknown Insurance Companies A through H, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Efron , with whom Joanne V. Gonzales Varon and Law Offices of David Efron, P.C., San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellants.

Freddie Pérez-González , with whom Freddie Peréz-González & Assoc., P.S.C., San Juan, PR, was on brief, for appellee Fundación Damas, Inc.

Luis E. Padrón Rosado for appellee Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Lipez and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


The case before us is, simply put, a hot mess. The ongoing dispute has an evolving cast of characters and has featured stops in numerous federal and Puerto Rico courts. And, in its present iteration, the briefing from all parties leaves much to be desired. Yet, after slogging our...

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