Faustina DÁVILA-ÁLVAREZ; Ramón Fernández-Ramírez; Rosa Álvarez-Oquendo; Rafael Hernández, Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
ESCUELA DE MEDICINA UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE; Hospital Universitario Dr. Ramón Ruiz Arnau (Hospital Regional De Bayamón); Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto Rico; Municipio De Bayamón; Departamento De Salud Estatal; Dr. Edmée Soltero, First Physician; Dr. Ramón Monge, Second Physician, Defendants, Appellees,
v.
Surgical Group Administration, Third-Party Defendant,
United States of America, Co-Defendant, Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted March 5, 2001.
Decided August 6, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eugene F. Hestres, with whom Bird Bird & Hestres, were on brief, for appellants.
Oscar González-Badillo, with whom González Badillo, López Feliciano & De Jesús Martínez, were on brief, for appellee Escuela de Medicina Universidad Central del Caribe.
Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Gustavo A. Gelpí, Solicitor General, and Rosa N. Russe-García, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellee The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Fidel A. Sevillano-del Río, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Lisa E. Bhatia-Gautier, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee United States of America.
Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants1 Faustina Dávila-Alvarez, Ramón Fernández, Rosa Alvarez-Oquendo and Rafael Fernández filed the tort action underlying this appeal in the Puerto Rico courts on November 7, 1995. It was removed to the federal district court for the District of Puerto Rico on November 25, 1997. On April 12, 1998, plaintiffs' counsel, José Antonio Méndez Rodríguez (José...
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