MUNIZ v. ROVIRA

No. 03-2095.

373 F.3d 1 (2004)

Hector MUNIZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Dr. Salvador ROVIRA, a/k/a Dr. Salvador Rovira-Martino, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladys E. Guemarez, for appellant.

David Efron, with whom Law Offices of David Efron was on brief, for appellees.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), in which the real party in interest — plaintiff-appellee Moises Muñiz Crespo — sued Dr. Salvador Rovira-Martino (Dr. Rovira) for medical malpractice.1 The case was tried to a jury from May 7 through May 15, 2003, culminating in a verdict for $2,000,000 in compensatory damages. After reducing the award to take into account sums paid by other defendants...

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