MARTÍNEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 20-1981.

33 F.4th 20 (2022)

Meliluz MARTÍNEZ; Noel Martínez; Noelie Martínez; Jeshica Martínez, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Annet Ramos-Jimenez for appellants.

Robert P. Coleman III , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, and Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Thompson and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


This appeal is from a grant of summary judgment against Noel Martínez-Marrero's four children in their medical malpractice suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"). The plaintiffs filed the suit against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 2016 in connection with...

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