The 16th Circuit Civil Court grants suspensive effect to the appeals by Lisa, S.A. and BDT Investments, Inc. against Judgment No. 71 and transmits the case to the First Superior Tribunal.

Procedural Context

Judgment No. 71 had declared ex officio the lack of active standing of Lisa, S.A. and the lack of passive standing of Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez, denying the accounting claim and rejecting BDT Investments, Inc.'s request to intervene as litisconsorte in the summary accounting proceeding (Exp. 83573-21). The judgment also ordered Lisa to pay $40,000.00 in costs to the defendant. Both Lisa, through Lcda. María L. Villarreal, and BDT, through Lcdo. Carlos de Icaza Muñoz, challenged the judgment in its entirety. Both the Appeal filed by Lisa and the Appeal filed by BDT were granted for appellate review.

Practical Effect

The grant of suspensive effect stayed enforcement of Judgment No. 71, so the standing determinations, the denial of the accounting claim, and the cost award remained unenforceable pending appellate resolution, preserving the procedural statu quo until the First Superior Tribunal ruled. The case file was transmitted to the First Superior Tribunal, which subsequently issued the Appeal Ruling of July 9, 2025, modifying the judgment only to exonerate Lisa from the cost award while upholding the remainder of the decision.

Legal Basis

• Articles 1131, 1137, and 1139 of the Judicial Code, governing the grant and processing of appeals, including the effect in which they are granted and the procedural formalities for transmittal to the superior tribunal.

Signatories

• Lcdo. Vicente González, Judge
• Lcdo. Kirk Calvera, Judicial Clerk