Legal Opinion
Metlife Capital Corp. v. Westchester Fire Insurance
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 30, 2002No. CIV,97-2615 HLPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Metlife Capital Corporation 1 (“MCC”) brings suit against its excess liability insurer Westchester Fire Insurance Company’s (“Westchester”) for breach of an insurance contract. The parties agree that in this admiralty and diversity action, the law of Puerto Rico is applicable to the controversies presented. See United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Producciones Padosa, Inc., 835 F.2d 950, 953 (1st Cir.1987) (taking into account both Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938) and the parties’ concession as to…
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