Legal Opinion
Metlife Capital Corp. v. Water Quality Insurance Syndicate
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 26, 2000No. CIV.A.97-2615 (HL)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Metlife Capital Corporation (“MCC”) brings suit against its insurer Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (“WQIS”), among others, for breach of an insurance contract. See P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 26, § 1114(1) (1997) (providing that “[t]he written instrument in which a contract of insurance is set forth is the policy”). The parties agree that in this admiralty and diversity action, the law of Puerto Rico is applicable to the controversies presented. See United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Producciones Padosa, Inc., 835 F.2d 950, 953 (1st Cir.1987) (taking…
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