United States First Circuit

Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b), counsel's failure to determine whether recently deceased partner had referred the case to another counsel will not excuse a failure to prosecute the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2001
• Published 08/06/2001

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene F. Hestres, with whom Bird Bird & Hestres, were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Oscar González-Badillo, with whom González Badillo, López Feliciano & De Jesús Martínez, were on brief, for appellee Escuela de Medicina Universidad Central del Caribe., Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Gustavo A. Gelpí, Solicitor General, and Rosa N. Russe-García, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellee The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico., Fidel A. Sevillano-del Río, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Lisa E. Bhatia-Gautier, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee United States of America.