Paul N. Howard Company v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct Sewer Authority v. Insurance Company of North America, Third-Party

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• holding that agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico waived its immunity by filing a counterclaim and a third-party complaint
• holding that agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico waived its immunity by filing a counterclaim and a third-party complaint
• suggesting that “[a]n autonomous governmental corporation” is not an alter ego of the state because it is financially independent even though it received periodic appropriations from the state treasury
• that Sewer Authority did “not seriously dispute” plaintiff's claim that judgment could be paid out of Authority’s funds supports finding of no immunity
• appearance in litigation and filing of counterclaim and third- party complaint constituted a waiver of Eleventh Amendment immunity
• immunity waived where state filed counterclaim and third-party complaint

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