Legal Opinion

Ortiz de Fuentes v. Corporacion Insular de Seguros

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided November 4, 1988No. Civ. No. 85-2236 HLPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LAEFITTE, District Judge.

On December 15, 1987, the day before trial was to begin, defendant Corporación Insular de Seguros (“CIS”) moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 42(b) for a separate trial on the issue of whether CIS was the insurance carrier for Corporación de Servic-ios Médico Hospitalarios de Fajardo (“the Hospital”) on the day of plaintiffs injuries.1 Considering the lateness of the motion, the Court bifurcated the case, ordered the trial to proceed without interposition of the defense, and reserved a ruling on the legal issue presented until after the trial.2 On December…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Valle v. American International InsuranceSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1979
Casanova Díaz v. Puerto Rican-American InsuranceSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1978
Glens Falls Insurance v. Founders' InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
Diaz Irizarry v. ENNIA, NVDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1988
Northeast Insurance v. Concord General Mutual InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983

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3Cited by1 opinion

Awilda Ortiz De Fuentes v. Corporacion Insular De SegurosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989