Puerto Rico Doctor Asks Court to Dump Covid Critic’s Suit

A federal lawsuit by a doctor who criticized the government’s response to Covid-19 must be dismissed because it’s a carbon copy of a suit she filed in a Puerto Rico court against a physician who requested an ethical investigation into her conduct, the physician said.

The doctrine of res judicata bars Sally Priester Sepulveda from reviving claims against Victor Ramos Otero, president of the Colegio de Médicos-Cirujanos de Puerto Rico, based on a request that the Puerto Rico Licensing and Medical Discipline Board look into whether Priester promoted and distributed scientifically baseless information about Covid-19 that threatened public health, Ramos ...