Legal Opinion
Muniz v. Rovira-Martino
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 2004No. 03-2095PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), in which the real party in interest — plaintiff-appellee Moisés Muñiz Cres-po — sued Dr. Salvador Rovira-Martino (Dr. Rovira) for medical malpractice. 1 The case was tried to a jury from May 7 through May 15, 2003, culminating in a verdict for $2,000,000 in compensatory damages. After reducing the award to take into account sums paid by other defendants, see supra note 1, the court entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,790,000. This appeal ensued.
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