Legal Opinion
Carmen Fragoso, A/K/A Carmen Fragoso De Conway v. Dr. Maria A. Lopez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 1993No. 92-2046PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Carmen Fragoso de Conway (Fragoso), a citizen of New Jersey, appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of certain defendants, including an insurer, Corporación Insular de Seguros (CIS), which became insolvent during the pen-dency of the appeal. We now conclude (1) that there is no compelling reason, based on either Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), or Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943), for us to abstain in favor of the liquidator’s…
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