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RIO MAR ASSOCIATES, LP, SE v. UHS OF PUERTO RICO

Nos. 07-1868, 07-2005.

522 F.3d 159 (2008)

RÍO MAR ASSOCIATES, LP, SE, et al., Defendants/Cross-Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UHS OF PUERTO RICO, INC., d/b/a Hospital San Pablo Del Este, Cross-Defendant, Appellee, Myrella S. Fiorentino, Plaintiff, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer S. Carroll, for appellants.

Gladys E. Guemarez, with whom Law Offices of Gladys E. Guemarez was on brief, for cross-defendants, appellees.

Eric A. Tulla, with whom Rivera, Tulla & Ferrer, Guillermo Ramos Luiña, Edward A. Moss, and Shook, Hardy & Bacon were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and KEENAN, Senior District Judge.

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

The district court bifurcated an action but, after the first-phase trial had been completed, misinterpreted the effect of the jury's verdict. That error prompted a series of rulings which, among other things, foreclosed a second-phase trial. Because these rulings were erroneous and prejudiced substantial rights, we reverse one order, vacate another, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion and with Puerto Rico law...

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