Legal Opinion
Pagés-Ramírez v. Ramírez-González
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 19, 2010No. 08-1831PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity malpractice action, the appellants claim that their son, G.P.P., suffered catastrophic injuries during and immediately following his birth because of the negligence of appellee, Dr. Antonio Ramírez-González, the obstetrician who performed G.P.P.’s delivery. After the plaintiffs presented their case-in-chief to a jury, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of Ramirezr-González. The Court concluded that the plaintiffs’ evidence was insufficient to establish two elements of a medical malpractice claim: a departure from the relevant…
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