Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. American Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 23, 1995No. Civ. IDP 92-1789(DRD), 92-1989, 92-1999, 93-1803, 93-1804 and 93-1835PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.
Codefendants American Airlines, Inc., and Executive Airlines Inc., have requested the Court to issue a partial summary judgment, dismissing the claim of seventeen of the eighteen plaintiffs that have filed complaints in the above consolidated cases. Plaintiffs have opposed the request and after oral argument at a hearing conducted on April 7, 1995, and filing of briefs, on the issue of preemption, the Court is ready to rule.
The referred codefendants have argued that pursuant to the choice of law rules adopted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the case of…
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