Morales v. United States

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND JUDGMENT

FUSTE, District Judge.

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act case, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2674. Jurisdiction' exists pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1346. The action is one for damages as a result of a claim of medical malpractice resulting in the death of a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The applicable law to define the standard of fault and recovery is the law of Puerto Rico. Richards v. United States, 369 U.S. 1, 15, 82 S.Ct. 585, 594, 7 L.Ed.2d 492 (1962), In re N-500 L Cases, 691 F.2d 15, 27 (1st Cir.1982). We find…