P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 2001
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The insurer issuing a policy insuring any person against loss or damage through legal liability for bodily injury, death, or damage to property of a third person, shall become liable whenever a loss covered by the policy occurs, and payment of such loss by the insurer to the extent of its liability therefor under the policy shall not depend upon payment by the insured of or upon any final judgment against him arising out of such occurrence, nor shall it depend upon said judgment.
History —Ins. Code § 20.010; Dec. 12, 2007, No. 186, § 1.