Legal Opinion
Delgado v. Plaza Las Americas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 10, 1998No. 97-1750PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant Julio Delgado appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his complaint against defendants-appellees Plaza Las Americas, Inc. and Universal Insurance Company for failure to join a party needed for just adjudication. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 19. Because we conclude that the court’s determination was premised upon a mistaken reading of Fed.R.Civ.P. 19(a)(2)(ii), we vacate and remand.
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On August 19, 1994, Nannette Delgado Ocasio was sexually abused and raped at gunpoint by an unidentified man on the premises of the Plaza Las Americas shopping center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.…
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