PAGÉS-RAMÍREZ; v. RAMÍREZ-GONZÁLEZ;

No. 08-1831.

605 F.3d 109 (2010)

Dilma PAGÉS-RAMÍREZ; Michael Pietri-Pozzi; Conjugal Partnership Pietri-Pozzi; G.P.P., minor, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Dr. Antonio RAMÍREZ-GONZÁLEZ; Sindicato de Aseguradores Para La Suscripción Conjunta de Seguros de Responsibilidad Profesional Médico-Hospitalaria (Simed), Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Efron, with whom Joanne V. González-Varon was on brief, for appellants.

Eugene F. Hestres-Vélez, with whom Ramonita Dieppa Law Offices, Ramonita Dieppa-González, Bird Bird & Hestres, P.S.C., E. Francois Hestres-Rodríguez, and María Z. Trigo-Ferraioulli were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity malpractice action, the appellants claim that their son, G.P.P., suffered catastrophic injuries during and immediately following his birth because of the negligence of appellee, Dr. Antonio Ramírez-González, the obstetrician who performed G.P.P.'s delivery. After the plaintiffs presented their case-in-chief to a jury, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of Ramírez-González. The...

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