Legal Opinion
Rafaela Cortes-Irizarry v. Corporacin Insular De Seguros
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 1997No. 96-1894PublishedCited by 330 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Rafaela Cortés-Irizar-ry (Cortés), suing on behalf of her minor child, Rafael José Muñiz Cortés (José), challenges an order granting summary judgment to Corporación Insular de Seguros (CIS) and its insured, Juan Ramón González Aristud (Dr. González), in a medical malpractice action. See Irizarry v. CIS, 928 F.Supp. 141, 147-48 (D.P.R.1996). We vacate the order and remand for trial.
I. BACKGROUND
Although the accepted summary judgment protocol calls for us to cast the facts in the light most complimentary to the plaintiff’s position, consistent with…
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