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ROOT v. NEW LIBERTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 99-2988.

209 F.3d 1068 (2000)

Benjamin ROOT and Amy Root, Individually and as Co-Next Friends of Elizabeth Root, and Elizabeth Root, A Minor, Appellees, v. NEW LIBERTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, d/b/a Liberty Hospital, Appellant. Missouri Hospital Association, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly L. McClelland, Liberty, MO, argued (Jayson A. Ford, on the brief), for Appellant.

Kenneth E. Siemens, St. Joseph, MO, argued (Michael L. Taylor and Todd H. Bartels, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, and BOWMAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 24, 2000.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Benjamin, Amy, and Elizabeth Root claimed that Liberty Hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), see 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, when it discharged Amy Root, then pregnant with Elizabeth, without properly performing the medical screening and stabilization that the statute requires. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(a), §...

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