Anaya-Burgos v. Lasalvia-Prisco

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Albert Anaya-Burgos (“Anaya”) filed a complaint against Dr. Eduardo Lasalvia-Prisco (“Dr.Lasalvia”) and other Defendants-appellees alleging that the death of his wife, Juana Ramos (“Ramos”), occurred as a result of Defendants’ negligent acts and omissions by inducing her to purchase their supposed “cancer vaccine” treatment and forego conventional cancer treatments. The case was tried to a jury, which found for Plaintiff, awarding $500,000 in compensatory damages. At Defendants’ motion, the court granted them judgment as a matter of law, setting…