Legal Opinion
Sammartano v. Palmas Del Mar Properties, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 1998No. 98-1409PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Florence Sammartano brought a negligence claim against Palmas del Mar Properties, Inc., the owner of the Puerto Rico resort where she was staying, after she fell while crossing a road from the resort parking lot to the building where her room was located. Co-plaintiff Richard Uhl, her companion, brought a derivative claim for “mental and moral damages.” Applying Puerto Rico law, the district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, holding that plaintiffs had not demonstrated that defendant “had the duty to act to avoid the harm” because they…
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