GONZÁLEZ-CABÁN v. JR SEAFOOD INC.

No. 19-1450.

48 F.4th 10 (2022)

Luis GONZÁLEZ-CABÁN; Braulio González-Reyes; Jennifer González-Maldonado; Arlene González-Soto, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. JR SEAFOOD INC.; Packers Provisions of Puerto Rico Inc.; Puerto Rico Miscellaneous Insurance Guaranty Association, as Successor in Interest of Integrand Insurance Company; Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico; Evaristo Rivera-Berrios, d/b/a El Nuevo Amanecer, Defendants, Appellees, Ramón Gutiérrez, d/b/a GB Trading, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime F. Agrait Lladó , with whom Blanca E. Agrait-Lladó , Francisco Agrait-Oliveras , and Agrait-Lladó Law Firm were on brief, for appellants.

Jeannette Lopez de Victoria , with whom Nuyen Marrero-Bonilla and Sánchez Betances , Sifre & Muñoz Noya, P.S.C. were on brief, for Evaristo Rivera-Berrios d/b/a El Nuevo Amanecer and Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, appellees.

Igor J. Domínguez , with whom Igor J. Domínguez Law Offices, P.S.C. was on brief, for Puerto Rico Miscellaneous Insurance Guaranty Association in the interest of Packers Provisions of Puerto Rico Inc., appellee.

Miriam González Olivencia , with whom Law Offices of Miriam González Olivencia was on brief, for Puerto Rico Miscellaneous Insurance Guaranty Association in the interest of JR Seafood, Inc., appellee.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


Luis González-Cabán alleges that he contracted paralytic shellfish poisoning ("PSP") after eating a contaminated shrimp at a restaurant in Puerto Rico. Along with several members of his family, he sued the restaurant and the food distributors who handled the shrimp before it reached the restaurant, arguing that their...

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