SOCIA LEBRON v. ASHFORD PRESBYTERIAN COM. HOSP.

Civil No. 96-2324(SEC).

975 F.Supp. 407 (1997)

Magda Socia LEBRON, Plaintiff, v. ASHFORD PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alberto Santiago-Villalonga, Nachman, Santiago, Guillemard & Carrión, Santruce, PR, for Plaintiff.

Rafael Fuster-Martínez, Ponce, PR, Francisco E. Colón-Ramírez, San Juan, PR, Pedro J. Córdova-Pelegrina, San Juan, PR, Ernesto F. Rodríguez-Suris, Hato Rey, PR, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CASELLAS, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and (6) filed by defendant University of Puerto Rico. (Docket # 10). In such motion, defendant contends that pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment, it is immune from suit in the federal court. Defendant further alleges that the immunity from suit in federal court supersedes EMTALA's federal claim jurisdiction since Congress...

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