Legal Opinion
Laplace-Bayard v. Huerta
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 16, 2002No. 01-1109PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a no-liability jury verdict in a medical malpractice case. Plaintiffs-appellants — Lily LaPlace-Ba-yard, her husband Daniel Bayard, and their conjugal partnership (collectively “plaintiffs”) — brought this diversity action in negligence against, inter alia, defendant-appellee, Dr. Francisco Battle, alleging that Dr. Battle breached the duty of care owed to his patient LaPlace-Bayard when he failed to timely diagnose her condition and perform immediate remedial surgery, causing her substantial injury. After trial, the jury returned a verdict for Dr.…
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