Legal Opinion
Barretto Peat, Inc. v. Luis Ayala Colon Sucrs., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 1990No. 89-1494PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERAS, District Judge.
Barretto Peat, Inc. appeals from an order of summary judgment in favor of Luis Ayala Colón Successors, Inc., dismissing the complaint pursuant to Puerto Rico’s one-year statute of limitations for tort actions, Civil Code Article 1868, 31 L.P.R.A. § 5298, and a similar limitations period provided by Section 1303(6) of the United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COG-SA), 46 U.S.C.App. § 1303(6). For the reasons indicated below we affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On October 12, 1986, plaintiff Barretto Peat, Inc. (Barretto), a New York corporation, sold to Papelera…
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