Legal Opinion
Villarini-Garcia v. Hospital Del Maestro, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 1, 1993No. 92-2373PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This ease is a medical malpractice action arising under Puerto Rico law. On summary judgment, the district court ruled that the claims, brought four years after the event, were barred by the local one-year statute of limitations. In our view, the district court’s ruling is correct as to three of the claims; on the remaining claim, we think that it was for the jury rather than the court to determine whether the knowledge and due diligence requisites for bringing the claim at this time have been met.
The facts are largely undisputed. In August 1986, Awilda Villarini Garcia…
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