Legal Opinion
Juan Corchado v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 15, 1982No. 81-1183, 81-1204, 81-1256, 81-1259, 81-1260, 81-1286 and 81-1335PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The issue on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in dismiss ing this case for failure to comply with discovery orders and failure of plaintiff’s counsel to attend a pretrial conference. We affirm the dismissal.
Plaintiff-appellant, Juan Corchado, is a merchant seaman who allegedly incurred two knee injuries while aboard one of defendant-appellee’s vessels, the SS Fortaleza. Corchado retained Attorney Bernard Rol-nick, a New York lawyer, to represent him. Rolnick referred the case to Wilfredo Geig-el, a Puerto Rican attorney who brought a complaint…
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