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RIVERA v. CENTRO MÉDICO DE TURABO, INC.

No. 07-2657.

575 F.3d 10 (2009)

Florentino RIVERA, Carmen De León Rivera, Conjugal Partnership Rivera-De León, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CENTRO MÉDICO DE TURABO, INC., d/b/a Hima San Pablo Caguas, Defendant, Appellee, Dr. Marcial Walker; Jane Doe; Conjugal Partnership Walker-Doe; Dr. Lydia Díaz-Borrás; John Doe; Conjugal Partnership Doe-Díaz; Companies A-Z; John Richard Poe; Peter Moe, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth A. Erbe, with whom Jose R. Ortiz-Velez, Pedro F. Soler-Muñiz, David C. Indiano, Ada Sofia Esteves, and Indiano & Williams, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellants.

Heidi Rodriguez, with whom Giselle Lopez Soler and Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine the enforceability of a forum selection clause embedded in informed consent documents presented to a patient before a medical procedure. The appellants, Florentino Rivera, his wife Carmen de León Rivera, and their conjugal partnership, filed suit against the Centro Médico de Turabo, Inc., which does business as HIMA San Pablo Caguas ("HIMA" or "the hospital...

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