Legal Opinion
In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 26, 1988No. MDL 721PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 69
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS TORO & FERRER’S MOTION TO DISMISS
INTRODUCTION
ACOSTA, District Judge.
Before the Court is defendants Toro & Ferrer’s motion to dismiss all claims against them as time-barred. The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (alternatively “PSC” or “plaintiffs”) filed an opposition to which defendants replied. Additionally, the Secretary of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has intervened in the matter because the Constitutionality of an Article of the Puerto Rico Civil Code was challenged in the PSC’s opposition. See Rule 23.1, P.R.R.Civ.P.
The parties…
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