BARRIS v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. S067733.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 145 (1999)

972 P.2d 966

20 Cal.4th 101

Dawnelle BARRIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates, Kenneth M. Sigelman, San Diego, and Penelope A. Phillips, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Shernoff, Bidart, Darras & Arkin and Sharon J. Arkin, Claremont, for Consumers for Quality Care as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Drivon & Tabak, Laurence E. Drivon, Stockton; Douglas Devries, Sacramento; Roland Wrinkle; Harvey R. Levine, San Diego; Robert Steinberg, Los Angeles; Thomas G. Stolpman, Long Beach; David Rosen; Moses Lebovits, Los Angeles; Bruce Brusavitch; Bruce Broilett; Wayne McLean; Leonard Sacks, Granada Hills; Tony Tanke, Redwood City; Stewart Tabak, Stockton; Rick Simons; David Casey, Jr., San Diego; Christine Spagnoli, Santa Monica; James Sturdevant, San Francisco; Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield; Deborah David, Los Angeles; Joseph Harbison III, Sacramento; and Cynthia Chihak, San Diego, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Houck & Balisok, Russell S. Balisok, Steven C. Wilheim, Los Angeles; and Peter G. Lomhoff, Oakland, for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Veatch, Carlson, Grogan & Nelson, Mark Weinstein, William G. Leib; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Timothy T. Coates and Alison M. Turner, Beverly Hills, for Defendant and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner and L. Rachel Lerman Helyar, Encino, for Program Beta Risk Management Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Curtis A. Cole and Matthew S. Levinson, Los Angeles, for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Healthcare Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


MOSK, J.

In this matter, a hospital operated by the County of Los Angeles (hereafter the County) transferred Mychelle Williams to another hospital without providing treatment required to stabilize her emergency medical condition, in violation of section 1395dd of title 42 of the United States Code, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). She died shortly thereafter. Dawnelle Barris, Mychelle's mother, was awarded damages for the EMTALA violation...

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