Legal Opinion
Cruz-Mendez v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 25, 2012No. Civil No. 10-1753 (FAB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL
BESOSA, District Judge.
I. Background
On August 4, 2010, plaintiffs Ferdinand Cruz-Mendez (“Cruz”) and his wife, Cruz Maria Cruz-Lopez (“Maria”), (collectively, “plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against defendant United States of America1 pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq., and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. (Docket No. 1.) Plaintiffs allege that Dr. Aníbal Toledo-Velez (“Dr. Toledo”) and Castaer General Hospital (“Castañer Hospital”) committed medical malpractice and…
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