Legal Opinion
Borges Ex Rel. SMBW v. Serrano-Isern
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2010No. 09-1699PublishedCited by 591 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal grows out of a medical malpractice action brought under diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). The district court jettisoned the action at the summary judgment stage. The plaintiffs appeal. Discerning no error, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We rehearse the facts limned in the summary judgment record, taking them in the light most hospitable to the plaintiffs. Alt. Sys. Concepts, Inc. v. Synopsys, Inc., 374 F.3d 23, 26 (1st Cir.2004). We add more detail in our later discussion of the plaintiffs’ specific claims. To the extent that we refer to the allegations…
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