Carmen Fragoso, A/K/A Carmen Fragoso De Conway v. Dr. Maria A. Lopez

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• holding that district court was not required to abstain in malpractice suit against insolvent insurer because federal case would not interfere with Puerto Rico’s efforts to create a coherent framework for liquidation of insolvent insurance companies
• noting that it is a “bedrock” principle that “a state court cannot enjoin federal proceedings”
• explaining that where summary-judgment motion granted, trial court has substantial discretion in deciding whether to reopen proceedings to allow unsuccessful party to introduce new material or argue new theory
• explaining that where summary judgment motion granted, trial court has substantial discretion in deciding whether to reopen proceedings to allow unsuccessful party to introduce new material or argue new theory
• declining to abstain when appeal \frame[d] no difficult question of state law bearing on significant public policy issues\ (quotations omitted)
• explaining that the district court is justified in denying a Rule 59(e) motion that relies on previously undisclosed facts when the movant knew of the facts, yet, without a good excuse, failed to proffer them in a timeous manner

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).