U.S. v. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

No. 83-1398.

711 F.2d 38 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Smith & Florsheim, Robert W. Smith, Bowen L. Florsheim, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Cheryl B. Wattley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Mark Gross, Atty., William Bradford Reynolds, Walter W. Barnett, Appellate Section, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In May 1980, the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) received a single complaint alleging that Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Medical Center) had refused to permit a deaf patient to use an interpreter to aid in understanding her pre and post-operative discussions with the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center. On May 26, 1980, HHS informed Baylor Medical Center that it intended to investigate the complaint since Baylor...

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