BORGES EX REL. S.M.B.W. v. SERRANO-ISERN

No. 09-1699.

605 F.3d 1 (2010)

Artemio BORGES and Kimberly Wetherell, as Parents and Next Friends of S.M.B.W., a Minor, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Dr. Alfonso SERRANO-ISERN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Efron, with whom Law Offices David Efron, P.C. was on brief, for appellants.

Benjamin Morales Del Valle, with whom Morales-Morales Law Offices was on brief, for Serrano-Isern and related appellees.

Roberto Ruiz Comas, with whom Bufete González Villamil was on brief, for Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada and related appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


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...

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