Legal Opinion
Coto Orbeta v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 10, 1991No. Civ. 89-1682 (JAF)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
On November 30, 1988, Supply Sergeant Angel Serrano Vargas was waiting for his wife to pick him up from Fort Buchanan, a United States Military installation in Puerto Rico. When she failed to arrive at the agreed upon time, he called home, only to leam that his wife, pregnant, had suffered an accident. Serrano grabbed the key to an “Auto-Sedan Compact”, a government vehicle, and headed off-base towards his home. Once on a public highway, he collided with a car operated by José Coto Orbeta, which also carried three other passengers. The passengers of the…
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