BRYANT v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS/WEST

No. 00-16399.

289 F.3d 1162 (2002)

Sandra BRYANT, Successor-in-Interest to David Howard Bryant, deceased; David Wayne Bryant, Heir and Surviving Parent of David Wayne Bryant, deceased; Tom Worthy; Michael Bryant, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/WEST; Redbud Community Hospital District; Wolfgang Schug, M.D.; Robert Rosenthal; Andrew J. Dorfman; Richard Furtado, M.D.; J.J. & R. Management Group, Inc.; Adventist-Redbud Hospital, Inc.; Michael H. Schultz; Mark Freeman, M.D.; Redbud Community Healthcare District, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Massa, Massa & Associates, Lakeport, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Sonja M. Dahl, Anderson, Galloway & Lucchese, Walnut Creek, CA; John S. Gilmore, Goldsberry, Freeman & Swanson, Sacramento, CA; David A. Heck, Bradley, Curley, Asiano & McCarthy, PC, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: CANBY, GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


PAEZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, the heirs of minor decedent David Bryant ("David"), brought this wrongful death action against Redbud Community Hospital ("Redbud") for damages and injunctive relief for, among other things, violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, commonly known as the "Patient Anti-Dumping Act." Plaintiffs alleged that when David sought care from Redbud's emergency room, the emergency...

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