Legal Opinion
Mercedes Santiago Hodge v. Parke Davis & Company, Appeal of Julie Flores Trevino
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 1987No. 86-2137, 87-1042 and 87-1459PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Between 1970 and 1972, plaintiff Julie Flores Trevino worked for Parke Davis Laboratories, where she was exposed to a chemical that made her sick. In 1973 she sought workers’ compensation. The Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico, finding that her working conditions caused her illness, granted an award. Several years later she sued Parke Davis & Company, the parent of Parke Davis Laboratories, claiming that the parent’s negligence caused her illness. The defendant, citing Puerto Rico’s one year statute of limitations, P.R. Laws Ann.tit. 31, § 5298 (1968), moved for…
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