Legal Opinion
Mojica Escobar v. Roca
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 18, 1996No. Civil 95-1173(PG)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
Before the Court are defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated herein, defendants’ motion is GRANTED.
I. Background
Plaintiff Abigail Mojica Escobar (“Mojica”) is the wife of a prominent Puerto Rico politician, Senator Nicolás Nogueras (“Nogueras”), who appears as a third-party defendant. Mojica lives in Orlando, Florida, with her daughter. 1 The defendants are the El Vocero newspaper—one of Puerto Rico’s three principal newspapers—and El Vocero’s publisher, Gaspar Roca. Mojica seeks money damages resulting from a series of…
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