Elizabeth J. Arnold LAKE; Justin Wilson Lake, husband and wife, Appellants,
v.
Frederick S. ARNOLD; Audrey L. Arnold, husband and wife; Daniel M. Friday M.D.; Tyrone Hospital; Ralph W. Crawford M.D.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: September 7, 1999.
Filed November 7, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kristin M. Banasick, Esquire (Argued) 321 South Richard Street Bedford, PA 15522, Attorney for Appellant.
Stephen D. Wicks, Esquire Law Office of Stephen D. Wicks 109 Lakemont Park Boulevard Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602, Attorney for Appellees Frederick S. Arnold and Audrey L. Arnold.
David R. Bahl, Esquire (Argued) McCormick, Reeder, Nicholas, Bahl, Knecht & Person, 835 West Fourth Street Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701, Attorney for Appellees Daniel M. Friday, M.D. and Ralph W. Crawford, M.D.
John V. DeMarco, Esquire (Argued) Doyle & McCrory One Chatham Center, St. 950 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, Attorney for Appellee Tyrone Hospital.
BEFORE: SLOVITER and ROTH, Circuit Judges POGUE, Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Elizabeth Lake is mentally retarded. In 1977, at 16 years of age, she was permanently sterilized. She and her husband, Justin, ask in this appeal whether they can still challenge the sterilization under state and federal law by bringing claims against her father and step-mother who authorized the operation, against the doctors who performed it, and against the hospital where...
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