Municipality of San Juan, Third Party v. Great American Insurance Company, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1Opinion of the Court 1
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the duty of an insurer to defend an insured. Because the resolution of the controversy depended upon unsettled questions of Puerto Rico law, we certified these questions to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. 1 Having received that court’s certification opinion, which we include as an appendix to this opinion, we now issue our decision reversing the district court.
I. The Controversy
On April 29, 1973, Mr. John Hawes was trampled by a horse while attending an equestrian event at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In June 1973 Hawes sent the…
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- Casanova Díaz v. Puerto Rican-American InsuranceSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1978
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- Pitrowski v. TaylorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
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