VILLARINI-GARCIA v. HOSPITAL DEL MAESTRO, INC.

No. 92-2373.

8 F.3d 81 (1993)

Awilda VILLARINI-GARCIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. HOSPITAL DEL MAESTRO, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Bright with whom Robert Braunschweig and Braunschweig Rachlis Fishman & Raymond, P.C. were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Jose L. Gandara with whom Ramon E. Bauza Higuera and Raul Davila Rivera were on brief, for defendants, appellees Dr. and Mrs. Mario Tomasini.

Thomas Doran Gelabert with whom Eli B. Arroyo was on brief, for appellee Hosp. Del Maestro, Inc.

Before SELYA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This case is a medical malpractice action arising under Puerto Rico law. On summary judgment, the district court ruled that the claims, brought four years after the event, were barred by the local one-year statute of limitations. In our view, the district court's ruling is correct as to three of the claims; on the remaining claim, we think that it was for the jury rather than the court to determine whether...

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