Judge Tosses Suit Against Insurance Guaranty Association For Lack Of Jurisdiction

(July 22, 2021, 9:10 AM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico on July 20 granted Puerto Rico Miscellaneous Insurance Guaranty Association’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking liability for damages arising from a slip-and-fall injury that allegedly occurred at the insured’s premises, finding that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and the plaintiff is barred from suing the association because this lawsuit was initiated after the liquidation order was issued for the insured’s now-insolvent insurer....

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