Legal Opinion
ARMANDO MÉNDEZ-LABOY v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 15, 2005No. 04-2687PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated cases arise pursuant to our diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1382, as a result of an industrial accident suffered by appellants Armando Méndez-Laboy (“Méndez”) and Gilberto Olavarria-Carrillo (“Olavarria”). The casualty occurred on March 14, 1997 at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant owned and operated by Abbott Health Products, Inc. (“API”), in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, where appellants were employed as coating operators.
On March 3, 1998, appellants and their respective spouses filed separate actions (later consolidated into the present one)…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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