Elenis, Tainary and Jean Pierre (the “tourists”) were driving down the road in their rental car while on vacation in Puerto Rico. A car approaching from the other direction crossed the median line, in violation of traffic laws, and struck the tourists car causing serious personal injury to all three.
Puerto Rico is one of a few jurisdictions in the United States where plaintiffs can directly sue the insurance company. That is what we did in this case and do routinely in most of our cases.
After less than two years of litigation, a settlement was reached.