Legal Opinion
Lopez De Robinson v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 14, 1995No. Civ. No. 92-2413 (JP)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. During July 1989, plaintiffs husband, Mr. Vance Le Roy Robinson, was suffering from acute abdominal pain. Plaintiff took her husband to the Veterans Administration Medical Center (‘VAMC”) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was denied admission to VAMC, however, because there were no hospital beds available. Thereafter, he was admitted to Hospital San Pablo (“San Pablo”) where he was. treated. Seven days later, Mr. Robinson died. Plaintiff alleges…
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