Legal Opinion
Alvarado v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 13, 1992No. Civ. 89-1544 (RLA)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ACOSTA, District Judge.
Before the Court is the defendant’s motion for summary judgment based on the Fireman’s Rule 1 and plaintiffs’ opposition thereto.
This suit arises out of the death of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Police Sergeant Alberto Alvarado (hereafter “Alvarado”) and the subsequent suit brought by his relatives for the alleged negligence of the Veterans Administration Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico (hereafter “VA Hospital”).
Alvarado was shot in the line of duty while attempting to subdue Rafael Pérez Rodríguez (“Pérez Rodríguez” hereafter), a VA Hospital…
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