Tanon v. Paladin Products

Case Date: 04/29/1999
Court: United States Court of Appeals
Docket No: 98-1552

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit




No. 98-1552

RAMON A. TANON,

Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

PALADIN PRODUCTS, INC., ET AL.,

Defendants,

____________________

KENNY O'CONNELL,

Defendant, Appellant.




APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Justo Arenas, U.S. Magistrate Judge]



Before

Selya, Boudin and Stahl,

Circuit Judges.



Thomas C. Jennings III for appellant.
Sigfredo A. Irizarry-Semidei on brief for appellee.





April 29, 1999



SELYA, Circuit Judge. This appeal trails in the wake of
a capsized commercial transaction. In the underlying litigation,
brought pursuant to diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C.  1332(a)
(1994), Ramon A. Ta