United States First Circuit

As plaintiffs were domiciled in Florida at the time of filing this medical malpractice claim in Puerto Rico, dismissal for lack of diversity jurisdiction is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/13/2004
• Published 04/13/2004

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joan S. Peters with whom Andrés Guillemard-Noble and Nachman & Guillemard were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• José Héctor Vivas with whom Vivas & Vivas was on brief, for appellee Iván Terón Méndez., Raphael Pẽna Rámon and De Corral & De Mier, for appellee Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital.