SPRADLIN v. ACADIA-ST. LANDRY MED. FOUND.

No. 98-C-1977.

758 So.2d 116 (2000)

Rickey G. SPRADLIN v. ACADIA-ST. LANDRY MEDICAL FOUNDATION.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Dazzio, Chris James LeBlanc, Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.

Thomas Robert Shelton, Lafayette, Counsel for Respondent.

C. Scott Carter, Adrienne LaCour, Charles Owen Taylor, Metairie, Lynn Marie Terrebonne, LaPlace, Counsel for Carter & Taylor Law Firm (Amicus Curiae).


LEMMON, Justice.*

This is an action against a private hospital for survival and wrongful death damages. This matter is before the court on an exception of prematurity. The narrow issue is whether plaintiffs' claims under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, and under the Louisiana "anti-dumping"1 statute, La.Rev.Stat. 40:2113.4-2113.6, when the claims...

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