Gonzalez v. Presbyterian Community Hospital, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PEDRO A. DELGADO-HERNÁNDEZ, District Judge.

This is a medical malpractice action under Puerto Rico law. Before the Court are defendant’s Presbyterian Community Hospital, Inc.’s (“PCH”) “Motion for Partial Summary Judgment” (Docket No. 44), joined by Dr. Charles Cuff Negroni at Docket No. 47; and plaintiffs “Response in Opposition to Partial Motion for Summary Judgment” (Docket No. 46). For the reasons stated below, PCH’s motion is granted to the extent it seeks dismissal of the inherited claims, and denied insofar as it seeks dismissal with prejudice.

I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND

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