SANTANA-CONCEPCIÓN v. CENTRO MÉDICO

No. 12-2013.

768 F.3d 5 (2014)

Maria SANTANA-CONCEPCIÓN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, Conjugal Partnership Cruz-Santana, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CENTRO MÉDICO DEL TURABO, INC., d/b/a Hospital Hima San Pablo Bayamón; Dr. Julio Rosado-Sánchez, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Hima San Pablo Properties, Inc.; Grupo Hima San Pablo, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Carl James for appellants.

José Arturo González-Villamil , with whom Bufete González-Villamil was on brief, for appellees Centro Médico del Turabo, Inc., HIMA San Pablo Bayamón and its insurer Hima San Pablo Captive Insurance Company Limited.

José A. Miranda-Daleccio , with whom Miranda Cárdenas & Córdova was on brief, for appellees Dr. Julio Rosado-Sánchez and the conjugal partnership Rosado-Philippi.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This is a medical malpractice and informed consent case from Puerto Rico involving claims by the patient and her children. The district court held that the statute of limitations barred the claims brought by the patient and her adult children, granting summary judgment to the defendants on that basis. Given that the statute of limitations does not apply to minor children until they reach majority age, the district court addressed the merits of...

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