Legal Opinion
Arroyo-Melecio v. Puerto Rican American Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 14, 2005No. 04-1045PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In 1995, in order to address the problem of the large number of drivers in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without vehicle liability insurance, the commonwealth enacted the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Act, Law 253 (“Law 253”), codified at 26 P.R. Laws Ann. §§ 8051 et seq.
This federal antitrust suit challenged certain conduct of private insurers and the new state-created entity under Law 253, the Joint Underwriting Association (“JUA”), in the compulsory insurance program. The suit was dismissed at the pleadings stage under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The…
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