Community Partnership v. Presbyterian Hospital of San Juan

Mr. Justice Hernández Matos

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a claim against a hospital where plaintiff underwent surgery. The application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur and the reasonableness of the sums awarded are involved. Let us examine the facts.

As a result of the medical examination performed on Alice Miriam Souffront by Dr. Roberto Jiménez López, the latter found that she was suffering from a nodule or tumor in the thyroid of a dangerous nature because of the probability that it could be a malignant tumor. Mrs. Souffront was informed of this finding as well as of the…