Legal Opinion
Frances-Colon v. Ramirez, Dr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 24, 1997No. 96-1293PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Leila Francés-Colón and Juan Enrique Rodriguez brought a malpractice action on behalf of their minor son Eric Rodriguez-Frances (“Eric”) against two doctors, a municipal hospital and the municipality of San Juan, on both federal and state law grounds. They alleged that the doctors’ mishandling of Eric’s delivery 1 amounted to a violation of Eric’s substantive due process rights, actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and that the defendants were liable for negligence under Puerto Rico tort law. The district court granted defendants’ summary judgment…
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