Pagés-Ramírez v. Ramírez-González

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that district court abused its discretion by excluding expert witness testimony where proffered expert was a specialist in pediatrics and neonatal and perinatal medicine, and the expert was to testify as to a cesarean section performed by an obstetrician-gynecologist
• finding that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to allow an expert to testify in a medical malpractice case where, “without [the expertj’s testimony on causation and the standard of care, the plaintiffs were unable to present evidence on two elements of their case”
• “[T]he Rules of Evidence require that the judge admit expert testimony relevant to the disposition of the case when it will assist the trier of fact in understanding a fact in issue and rests on a reliable foundation.”
• listing elements of medical malpractice under Puerto Rico law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bradley v. Sugarbaker
  First Circuit· 2015-12-16· cited 60×
• Cruz-Vázquez v. Mennonite General Hospital, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2010-07-26· cited 54×
• Bielunas v. F/V Misty Dawn, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2010-10-08· cited 53×
• Milward v. Rust-Oleum Corp.
  First Circuit· 2016-04-25· cited 41×
• Scholz v. Goudreau
  First Circuit· 2018-08-21· cited 34×
• PAGÉS-RAMÍREZ v. Ramirez-Gonzalez
  First Circuit· 2010-05-19· cited 30×
• Rodriguez-Valentin v. Doctors' Center Hosp. (Manati), Inc.
  First Circuit· 2022-02-24· cited 16×
• Rodríguez-Díaz v. Seguros Triple-S, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2011-02-23· cited 14×
• Gonzalez-Arroyo v. Doctors' Center Hospital Bayamon, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2022-11-22· cited 14×
• Mercado-Velilla v. Asociacion Hospital Del Maestro
  D. Puerto Rico· 2012-09-27· cited 6×
• Campos v. Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2015-03-31· cited 5×
• Laureano-Quinones v. Nadal-Carrion
  First Circuit· 2020-12-18· cited 4×
• Montalvo v. Gonzalez-Amparo
  First Circuit· 2011-02-23
• Calderon-Amezquita v. Rivera-Cruz
  First Circuit· 2025-10-30

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Lama Romero v. Asociacion
  First Circuit· 1994-03-02· cited 179×
• Mitchell v. United States
  First Circuit· 1998-03-26· cited 152×
• United States v. Mooney
  First Circuit· 2002-12-30· cited 112×
• Rolon-Alvarado v. Municipality of San Juan
  First Circuit· 1993-08-11· cited 106×
• United States v. Alzanki
  First Circuit· 1995-06-01· cited 103×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-11· cited 102×
• Marcano Rivera v. Turabo Medical Center Partnership
  First Circuit· 2005-07-15· cited 93×
• Rojas-Ithier v. Sociedad Espanola De Auxilio Mutuo Y Beneficiencia De Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 2005-01-06· cited 76×
• Sofia Alvarado v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  First Circuit· 1975-01-31· cited 61×
• Gaydar v. Sociedad Instituto Gineco-Quirurgico Y Planificacion Familiar
  First Circuit· 2003-09-29· cited 50×