Legal Opinion
Fernandez-Vargas v. Pfizer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. 06-2632PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge.
Vital to our resolution of this appeal is an understanding of the controversy’s extensive and convoluted procedural history. Our story begins in August 2003 when Luis Adorno-Cabán (Adorno) fatally shot Jaime Pagán-Avilés (Pagán). The unfortunate incident occurred while both men were working at Pfizer’s facility in Barcel-oneta, Puerto Rico. Pagán’s common law wife, Emma Fernández-Vargas (Fernán-dez), and their minor son, C.J.P.F., survived him. Pagán also left behind E.P.S. and R.P.S., two minor daughters from his prior marriage to Anabel Sánchez-Valle (Sánchez).…
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