Legal Opinion
Figueroa-Olmo v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 11, 1985No. Civ. 82-2518CC, Civ. 82-2828CCPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CEREZO, District Judge.
A traffic accident m which four persons lost their lives when the truck they were riding in collided with a trailer that was crossing a highway near the outskirts of metropolitan San Juan is the subject of the present consolidated actions for damages brought by forty relatives of the deceased against the owner of the trailer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse). Federal jurisdiction is premised on diversity of citizenship between plaintiffs, residents of Puerto Rico, and defendant, resi dent of Pennsylvania, 1 for a claim in excess of…
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