VALEDON MARTINEZ v. HOSPITAL PRESBITERIANO

No. 86-1429.

806 F.2d 1128 (1986)

Marjorie Marie VALEDON MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. HOSPITAL PRESBITERIANO de la COMUNIDAD, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Igor Dominguez with whom William Estrella Law Offices, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Charles A. Cordero with whom Cordero, Colon & Miranda, Old San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity medical malpractice action, appellant Hospital Presbiteriano de la Comunidad, Inc. ("appellant") appeals from a judgment entered August 26, 1985 on a jury verdict in the District of Puerto Rico, Raymond L. Acosta, District Judge, awarding appellee Marjorie Marie Valedon-Martinez ("appellee") $600,000 damages. Appellant's appeal brings up for review an order entered March 27, 1986 denying its motions to dismiss the action...

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