The extension of the norm announced in Silva Barreto v. Tejada Martell, 199 DPR 311 (2017)

The Supreme Court issued an Opinion in Greene y otros v. Biase y otros, 2025 TSPR 83, a case in which Delgado & Fernández LLC represented the petitioner. The Opinion, delivered by Associate Judge Candelario López, determined that an appellant can submit a single Appeal questioning two separate Judgments issued in a consolidated case and pay the filing fee for a single Appeal so long as the Appeal is filed on time. This same situation occurred in the Silva Barreto case, but for interlocutory judgments. Now, with the Opinion issued in Greene y otros v. Biase y otros, supra, the circle is complete regarding all kind of judgments delivered by the Court of First Instance. So long as the Writ of Certiorari or Appeal is filed on time, the promoter can submit a single application and pay the filing fee for a single recourse to question as many interlocutory or final judgments issued in a single case. The controlling aspect is the compliance with the timely filing of the corresponding application.