Legal Opinion
Candelario-Del-Moral v. UBS Financial Services Incorpo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 2012No. 10-1275, 10-1593, 11-2290, 11-2346PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
OVERVIEW
This diversity suit for negligence presents interesting questions of Puerto Rico law in a complex procedural setting, but we will do our best to simplify. The combatants are plaintiff Madeleine Candelario del Moral (“Candelario”) and ' defendant UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico (“UBSPR”). Candelario’s ex-husband, David Efrón, also has a starring role in our story, though he is not a litigant in this case.
The lead issue argued here arises from a Puerto Rico judge’s verbal order in the Candelario/Efrón divorce contest — basically the order…
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