Judge Denies Stay Pending Appeal In Civil Conspiracy Case Involving Insolvent Insurer

Mealey's (October 30, 2019, 1:19 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico on Oct. 30 denied a request to stay proceedings pending an appeal by the Puerto Rico insurance commissioner and deputy commissioners because there are sufficient plausible facts asserted to support a claim of a civil conspiracy to deprive constitutional rights to an insolvent insurer’s owners (Victor J. Salgado and Associates Inc., et al. v. Javier Rivera-Rios, et al., No. 19-1663, D. Puerto Rico)....