MRCo, Inc. v. Juarbe-Jimenez, 1st Cir. Mar. 27, 2008
07-1614 MRCo, Inc. v. Juarbe-Jimenez
Before Howard and Lipez, Circuit Judges, and Smith,1 District Judge.
SMITH, District Judge. This diversity action originally was brought by MRCo, Inc.2 (“MRCo”) against Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Inc. (“Banco Popular”). MRCo later amended its complaint to name the Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico (“Commissioner”) as an additional defendant.3 After MRCo and Banco Popular reached a settlement and all claims between them were dismissed, MRCo moved for partial summary judgment on its claims against the Commissioner. The district court denied MRCo’s motion, and then dismissed the entire case on the ground that MRCo’s claims are barred by Puerto Rico law. This timely appeal followed, and we now consider whether MRCo’s claims should be resurrected. … Affirmed. MRCo, Inc. v. Juarbe-Jimenez.
- Of the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation. [↩]
- The record reflects that MRCo’s parent corporation, ULLICO Inc., undertook at least some of the actions that preceded this litigation. For simplicity, however, we refer to MRCo and ULLICO collectively as “MRCo.” [↩]
- At the time MRCo amended its Complaint, the Commissioner was Fermin Contreras Gómez. He was succeeded by Dorelisse Juarbe-Jimenez, who replaced him as co-defendant in March 2004. [↩]
