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GONZALEZ-PEREZ v. HOSPITAL INTERAMERICANO

No. 03-1215.

355 F.3d 1 (2004)

Ruth GONZÁLEZ-PÉREZ; Anacleto Ortiz-Villanueva; Miriam Lemoine; Fritz F. Lemoine; Gloria González-Pérez; Lucy González-Pérez; Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL INTERAMERICANO DE MEDICINA AVANZADA (HIMA); Miguel López-Napoleoni; Jane Doe; Conjugal Partnership López-Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Little, with whom Law Offices of David Efrón, was on brief, for appellants.

Jesús R. Morales-Cordero, with whom José L. González-Castañer and González Castañer, Morales & Guzmán, PSC, were on brief, for appellee Dr. Miguel A. López-Napoleoni and his Conjugal Partnership.

Fernando E. Agrait, for appellee HIMA.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants brought a medical malpractice claim under Puerto Rico law. The district court had jurisdiction to hear the claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1332.1 The defendants successfully moved for summary judgment arguing that the action was time-barred by the applicable one-year statute of limitations. We conclude that the district court ruled correctly as a matter...

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