United States First Circuit

A claim alleging medical malpractice under Article 1802 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code was not time-barred as a matter of law, where plaintiff may have obtained the requisite knowledge only when she learned of the possible malpractice, despite her due diligence in investigating her medical condition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/02/2002
• Published 12/02/2002

Judges

• SHADUR, Senior District Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Circuit Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alexander H. Bopp, with Ernesto G. López Soltero on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mirta E. Rodriguez-Mora for appellee.