Pejcic v. Choice Hotels International, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO DUSICA PEJCIC, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 3:19-cv-01777-JAW ) RC HOTEL MANAGEMENT, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER ON JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY The Court concludes that under Puerto Rico law where there are two potential joint tortfeasors causing the same damage, and where the plaintiff impleaded only one, and where the statute of limitation expired on the other, the trial court must fix the percentage of responsibility for each tortfeasor, impleaded and unimpleaded, and the plaintiff’s recovery will be limited to the percentage of liability…