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C.M. v. TOMBALL REGIONAL HOSP.

No. 01-95-00623-CV.

961 S.W.2d 236 (1997)

C.M., Individually and as Next Friend of L.M. a Minor Child, Appellants, v. TOMBALL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, Albert D. Friday, Jr., and Mary Ruckman, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled June 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Bourque, Spring, for Appellant.

Jeffrey B. McClure, Jeffrey Donald Meyer, Houston, for Appellee.

Before MIRABAL, COHEN and HEDGES, JJ.

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

This case involves claims of (1) violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1395 dd (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act or "EMTALA"1); (2) invasion of privacy under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ("Section 1983"); (3) and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The claims arise out of the treatment of a 15-year-old girl at Tomball Hospital's emergency room on the day following her rape. The trial...

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