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Federal Appellate Court Agrees Doctor Immune From Medical Malpractice Claim Under Puerto Rico Law

March 12, 2025

The plaintiffs sued Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of San Juan, Inc. (“Encompass”) and Dr. José Báez Córdova (“Dr. Báez”) for medical malpractice in connection with the treatment of their now-deceased mother, Gloria Rodríguez González. They alleged that the de[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds That Prior Pending Action Doctrine Misapplied In Federal Medical Malpractice Case In Puerto Rico

May 3, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its February 25. 2022 opinion in a Puerto Rico federal medical malpractice case that the United States District Court had dismissed: “This appeal requires us to examine the framework go[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules District Court Erred In Setting Aside Jury’s Future Care Costs Award In Birth Injury Case

October 10, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its September 15, 2021 opinion: “we conclude that the district court erred when it jumped to an issue, which the Hospital sensibly pressed only as a ground for a new trial, to short-circuit[...]

Federal Court Reverses Dismissal Of Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Case

May 11, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated April 21, 2021, held: “We conclude that a reasonable jury could have found that, despite exercising due diligence to acquire the knowledge needed to sue, Plaintiffs neverthele[...]

Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth Trauma

May 27, 2015

The parents of a baby who suffered trauma during her birth and later died, allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred during labor, delivery, and shortly after her birth, have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Puerto Rico hospital where the birth took place on July 4[...]

Category: Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice

Federal Appellate Court Agrees Doctor Immune From Medical Malpractice Claim Under Puerto Rico Law

Federal Appellate Court Holds That Prior Pending Action Doctrine Misapplied In Federal Medical Malpractice Case In Puerto Rico

Federal Appellate Court Rules District Court Erred In Setting Aside Jury’s Future Care Costs Award In Birth Injury Case

Federal Court Reverses Dismissal Of Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Case

Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth Trauma

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