TORRES-RONDA v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Nos. 20-1038, 20-1089.

18 F.4th 80 (2021)

Noemi TORRES-RONDA; Angelo Rivera-Lamboy, Plaintiffs, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; AIG Insurance Company — Puerto Rico, f/k/a Chartis Insurance Company of Puerto Rico; Allstate Insurance Company, Defendants, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Joint Underwriting Association; Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company; Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples de Puerto Rico; Integrand Assurance Company; MAPFRE-PRAICO Insurance Company; QBE Seguros, f/k/a Optima Insurance Company; Real Legacy Assurance Company, f/k/a Royal & Sun Alliance of Puerto Rico, Inc.; Seguros Triple S Propiedad, Inc.; Universal Insurance Company, Defendants, Appellees, National Insurance Company; General Accident Insurance Company; Javier Rivera-Rios, in his official capacity as Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Carlos Contreras-Aponte, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works; Francisco Pares-Alicea, in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro R. Vazquez, III , with whom José F. Quetglas Jordán , Eric Quetglas-Jordán , and Quetglas Law Firm P.S.C. were on brief, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Moraima S. Ríos-Robles , with whom Luis Sánchez-Betances , Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts , Daniel Pérez-Refojos , Diana Batlle-Barasorda , Fernando D. Castro-Maldonado , Ángel E. Rotger-Sabat , Luis J. Clas-Wiscovitch , Arroyo & Ríos Law Offices, P.S.C., Sánchez-Betances , Sifre & Muñoz Noya, P.S.C., O'Neill & Borges LLC, Casillas Santiago Torres, LLC, Saldaña, Carvajal & Vélez-Rivé, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellees.

Mark L. Hanover , with whom Steven M. Levy , Eduardo A. Zayas-Marxuach , Dentons US LLP, and McConnell Valdés LLC were on brief, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


This case involves whether the district court erred under the Erie doctrine, see Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), in adopting the reasoning of the decision of the Court of Appeals of...

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