HEDDINGER v. ASHFORD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSP.

Nos. 83-1501, 83-1567.

734 F.2d 81 (1984)

Patricia HEDDINGER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. ASHFORD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Corporacion Insular De Seguros, Defendants, Appellants. Patricia HEDDINGER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ASHFORD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Corporacion Insular De Seguros, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernesto F. Rodriguez Suris, San Juan, P.R., with whom Miranda Cardenas, De Corral & Rodriguez Suris, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for Ashford Memorial Community Hosp. and Corporacion Insular de Seguros.

Wilfredo A. Geigel, San Juan, P.R., for Patricia Heddinger.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Patricia Heddinger brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the Ashford Memorial Community Hospital and its insurance carrier, Corporacion Insular de Seguros, for damages based upon the hospital's alleged negligence in delaying the treatment of injuries to her left hand. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship. Heddinger sought recovery for loss of her left little finger...

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