United States First Circuit

In plaintiffs' medical malpractice suit against an obstetrician and others claiming that the doctor caused catastrophic injuries to their son during his delivery, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is vacated and remanded, as the district court abused its discretion when it refused to permit plaintiffs' expert to testify on the relevant standard of care and causation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2010
• Published 05/19/2010

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Efron, with whom Joanne V. González-Varon was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene F. Hestres-Vélez, with whom Ramonita Dieppa Law Offices, Ramonita Dieppa-González, Bird Bird & Hestres, P.S.C., E. Francois Hestres-Rodríguez, and María Z. Trigo-Ferraioulli were on brief, for appellees.