SANTOS-ARRIETA v. HOSP. DEL MAESTRO

No. 19-1935.

14 F.4th 1 (2021)

Damaris SANTOS-ARRIETA, in representation of her minor son G.Q.S.; Gustavo Querales-Salcedo, in representation of his minor son G.Q.S.; G.Q.S., minor represented by his parents Damaris Santos-Arrieta and Gustavo Querales-Salcedo, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL DEL MAESTRO, or alternatively, John Doe Corporation, d/b/a Hospital Del Maestro; Continental Insurance Company, Defendants, Appellees, Dr. Felix Villar-Robles, in representation of his conjugal partnership; Jane Doe, in representation of her conjugal partnership; John Does 1, 2 and 3; Conjugal Partnership Villar-Doe; Puerto Rico Medical Defense Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Efron , with whom Etienne Totti del Toro and Law Offices of David Efron, PC were on brief, for appellants.

Jeannette López de Victoria , with whom Nuyen Marrero Bonilla and Sánchez Betances , Sifre & Muñoz Noya, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellees.

Before Thompson and Lipez, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge.


After a less-than-typical six-day trial in this medical-malpractice case, Plaintiffs Damaris Santos-Arrieta, Gustavo Querales-Salcedo, and their minor child G.Q.S. (altogether the "Plaintiffs") walked away with a jury verdict of just under $5 million, compensating them for the brain damage that Hospital del Maestro ("the...

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