$5 MILLION DOLAR SENTENCE FROM THE SAN JUAN COURT

Judge Olga Gacría Vicenti from the Court of First Instance, Superior Court of San Juan, issue a $5 million dollars ($500,000,000.00) sentence against the Pediatric Hospital of the Medical Science Campus, in a case where the plaintiff alleged that medical malpractice caused cerebral damages to a minor. The sentence imposed 2 million dollars for distress and emotional suffering and more than 2.5 millions dollars in the estimated costs of support and medical treatment of the minor due to his condition. Even though the sentence was reduced to $75,000, due to the limit established by the Actions Against the State statute, the medical malpractice victims in Puerto Rico can now count with a new millionaire compensation precedent.