NIEVES v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

No. 92-2214.

7 F.3d 270 (1993)

Marta NIEVES, in Representation and on Behalf of her minor son Angel Luis Hernandez Nieves, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Efron with whom Law Offices of David Efron, was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Efren T. Irizarry-Colon with whom Elisa M. Figueroa-Baez, was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before SELYA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Marta Nieves appeals a district court order dismissing the medical malpractice action she brought in behalf of her minor son Angel Luis Hernández Nieves against Angel Gelpi, M.D., and González Recio, M.D., whom the district court found immune from suit pursuant to P.R.Laws Ann. tit. 26, § 4105. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff. See Goldman, Antonetti...

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