Legal Opinion
Morales-Melendez v. Steamship Mutual Underwriting Ass'n
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 24, 1991No. Civ. 89-0250CCCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CEREZO, District Judge.
This tort action, brought both under diversity jurisdiction and the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 741-745 (see complaint, 113, 4, 19) is now before us for resolution of several pending motions. The relevant undisputed facts, as obtained from the myriad of documents on file, are as follows: Plaintiffs Carmelo Morales-Melén-dez and Alicia Rivera-de-Morales are residents of the town of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. At the time in which the incidents alleged in the complaint took place, plaintiff Carmelo Morales-Meléndez was working as a marine cargo…
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