CORREA v. HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO

No. 95-1167.

69 F.3d 1184 (1995)

Gloria Ivette CORREA, a/k/a Gloria Ivette Correa Gonzalez, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Igor J. Dominguez, on brief, Hato Rey, PR, for appellant.

Kevin G. Little, Los Angeles, CA, and Law Offices of David Efron, Rio Piedras, PR, on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to interpret, for the first time, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd (1988 & Supp. V 1993).1 After scrutinizing the record and dovetailing the facts with the statutory scheme, we affirm a $700,000 jury verdict in favor of the heirs and survivors of Carmen Gloria Gonzalez Figueroa (Ms. Gonzalez) against defendant-appellant Hospital San...

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