whether there exist ‘exceptional circumstances,’ ... justifying] the surrender of that jurisdiction.” 460 U.S. at 25-26, 103 S.Ct. at 941-42. Having concluded that such “exceptional circumstances” are absent in this case, we vacate the district court’s order and remand with instructions that the federal case should progress without being linked to the status of the parallel case in commonwealth court, at least until a judgment is obtained in that case which would operate to preclude appellant’s claim in federal court. Vacated and remanded. Costs to appellants. 1 . Under Puerto Rico tort law, family members have a personal cause of action for moral damages and anguish they suffer as a result of their relative’s injury. See, e.g., Caez v. U.S. Casualty Co., 80 P.R.R. 729, 734 (1958) (<HOLDING>). 2 . Section 1291 provides in relevant part:
holding that the material and moral damages caused by the unlawful death of a human being may affect several persons and in such case each acquires an independent action against the person causing the unlawful death holding the plaintiffs action was one for wrongful death and not survival where damages listed in complaint were identical to damages listed in the wrongful death act holding that action for wrongful death may generally not be maintained where death was selfinflicted holding a wrongful death action may not be maintained for the death of an unborn child holding that plaintiffs failure to prove decedents death was caused by the wrongful acts of the defendant precludes any recovery of wrongful death damages under mississippis wrongful death statute