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PONCE v. ASHFORD PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY HOSP.

No. 99-2143.

238 F.3d 20 (2001)

Jose Alicea PONCE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. ASHFORD PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José Luis Ubarri-García, with whom Herbert W. Brown III and Brown & Ubarri were on brief, for appellants.

José A. Iguina de la Rosa, with whom Martinez-Texidor & Fuster were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges, and García-Gregory, District Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

On September 4, 1993, plaintiff Wanda Sánchez gave birth to her daughter Natalie at defendant Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital. The delivery was difficult; after the attending physician applied considerable traction, Natalie emerged, but with an injury resulting in partial paralysis of her left arm. This medical malpractice suit followed, brought under diversity jurisdiction by Ms. Sánchez, Natalie, and Ms. Sánchez's husband...

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