Sáez v. Municipality of Ponce ex rel. Cintrón

This is an action for damages for professional liability.1 A girl 11 years of age who complained of a sore throat was examined by an intern in Tricoche Hospital, a public-charity institution operated by the Municipality of Ponce. Upon being questioned by the latter, the girl said she had a sore throat and a headache and also a cough. The examination revealed that her tonsils were swollen and audible rales but no wheezing sounds. In the presence of the girl’s grandmother who was accompanying her, she was asked if she had ever been given penicillin injections and the reaction thereto, “to which…