Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Centro Medico De Turabo, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 31, 2009No. 07-2657PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine the enforceability of a forum selection clause
embedded in informed consent documents presented to a patient before a medical procedure. The appellants, Florentino Rivera, his wife Carmen de León Rivera, and their conjugal partnership, filed suit against the Centro Médico de Turabo, Inc., which does business as HIMA San Pablo Caguas (“HIMA” or “the hospital”), in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, alleging medical malpractice. HIMA moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that, pursuant to a forum selection…
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