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Plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint was dismissed as time-barred under Puerto Rico's one-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice. The court found that plaintiff knew or should have known of her lymphedema injury by 1997 or 1998, but did not file suit until May 30, 2000.
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