Legal Opinion
Barroso-Herrans v. Lugo-Mender
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 7, 2008No. 07-1757PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
In 1996, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (“PRASA”) hired Power-tronics Electrical and Mechanical Contractor, Inc. (“Powertronics”) to manage two construction projects. The projects were never completed; Powertronics was dissolved; and its owners, Jorge Barroso-Herrans and his wife Madeleine Rosario-Farrulla, filed two law suits in the Puerto Rico courts against PRASA: the law suits blamed the agency for the failure of the projects and their company, and sought over four million dollars in assorted damages.
On the same day as the suits against PRASA were filed —…
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