Legal Opinion
González-Pérez v. Hospital Interamericano De Medicina Avanzada (HIMA)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 14, 2004No. 03-1215PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants brought a medical malpractice claim under Puerto Rico law. The district court had jurisdiction to hear the claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1332.1 The defendants successfully moved for summary judgment arguing that the action was time-barred by the applicable one-year statute of limitations. We conclude that the district court ruled correctly as a matter of law and, thus, we affirm.
I. Background
On May 23, 2000, Anacleto Ortiz-Villa-nueva brought his wife, Ruth González-Pérez (“González”), to the emergency room at the Hospital Interamericano de…
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