Juan Fraticelli, Etc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit against an insurance company brought pursuant to Puerto Rico’s direct action statute (26 L.P.R.A. §§ 2001 and 2003, hereinafter § 2001 and/or § 2003), 1 to recover damages re- suiting from an automobile accident allegedly caused through the fault or negligence of defendant’s insured. The accident occurred on January 6, 1962. This suit was commenced some four years later (January 24, 1966). The district court dismissed the complaint insofar as the adult plaintiffs are concerned 2 on the ground that any action they may have had against the insurance company…