ESCUDE CRUZ v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.

No. 79-1297.

619 F.2d 902 (1980)

Jose F. ESCUDE CRUZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernesto Maldonado-Perez, with whom Maldonado & Ortiz, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Manuel A. Guzman, Guaynabo, P. R., with whom McConnell, Valdes, Kelley, Sifre, Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, CLARKE, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The jurisdictional question before us arises from a diversity personal injury action against Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (OPC), a New Jersey corporation, and its officers and directors, all residents of New Jersey. OPC is the sole owner of Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OPI), a Puerto Rican corporation, where plaintiff-appellant was employed. Plaintiff claims that he was contaminated while working...

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