Legal Opinion
Alejo Jimenez v. Heyliger
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided February 14, 1992No. Civ. 88-2028 GGPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GIERBOLINI, Chief Judge.
This is a medical malpractice case filed by Dr. Nancy Alejo Jiménez, a dentist born in the Dominican Republic against Dr. Eduardo Heyliger, a gynecologist. Plaintiff claims that defendant was negligent when he performed on her a hysterectomy. She alleges that due to defendant’s negligence a vesicovaginal fistula was formed which caused her to discharge urine through the vagina rather than by the urethra. The case was tried before a jury and lasted four days. As is customary, the jury was instructed during the preliminary instructions and at other times…
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