Legal Opinion
Mercado-Velilla v. Asociacion Hospital Del Maestro
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 27, 2012No. Civil No. 08-1275 (JAG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
JAY A. GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action filed by Carmen Mercado-Velilla against Asociación Hospital del Maestro, Inc., Presbyterian Community Hospital, Dr. Carlos González Fuentes, Dr. Wanda Ramos Vélez, and Dr. José Pérez López, as well as the doctors’ spouses and conjugal partnerships and various insurance companies.1 In short, Plaintiff claims she suffered damages as a result of her doctors’ failure to obtain her informed consent prior to treating her ulcerative colitis with Prednisone, a steroidal medication.
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