RAMOS-BAEZ v. BOSSOLO-LOPEZ

No. 99-2026.

240 F.3d 92 (2001)

Cruz Esther RAMOS-BAEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Dr. Edwin BOSSOLO-LOPEZ; Irma Rivera-De-Bossolo; Conyugal Partnership, Bossolo-Rivera, Express Emergency Care, Inc.; Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital; and Sindicato De Aseguradores De Impericia Medico Hospitalaria, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayra Vazquez-Morales for appellant.

Mirta E. Rodriguez-Mora for appellees Dr. Edwin Bossolo-Lopez; Irma Rivera-de-Bossolo; Conyugal Partnership, Bossolo-Rivera; Sindicato de Aseguaradores de Impericia Medico Hospitalaria.

Roberto Marques-Sanchez for appellee Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity tort action, brought in the district court of Puerto Rico, in which the plaintiff-appellant, who alleged medical malpractice against a doctor and a hospital, appeals from a grant of summary judgment for defendants-appellees that dismissed the action as time barred. We affirm.

After suffering burns on her legs from an oven mishap, appellant received treatment from appellee, Dr. Bossolo-Lopez, on November 24...

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