Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Debs-Elias
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 12, 2005No. 03-1516PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Diana and Humberto Ramirez appeal from the denial of a motion for mistrial and claim that the district court erred by admitting hearsay evidence during the testimony of an expert witness for the defendant-appellee, Dr. Natalio Debs-Elias, in a medical malpractice trial in the District of Puerto Rico. After careful review, we find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion or in admitting the testimony in question. 1
I. Background
Appellants filed a medical malpractice suit in the District of Puerto Rico, sitting in…
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