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DEL CARMEN GUADALUPE v. NEGRON AGOSTO

No. 01-2083.

299 F.3d 15 (2002)

Maria DEL CARMEN GUADALUPE, Efrain Laboy Guadalupe, Marcelina Franqui Figueroa, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Dr. Samuel NEGRON AGOSTO; Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada, Inc.-Humacao, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Little, with whom Law Offices of David Efron was on brief for appellants.

Fernando Agrait Betancourt for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the grounds for establishing the liability of a hospital under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. EMTALA requires hospitals to provide emergency room patients with an appropriate medical screening designed to identify emergency conditions. Contending that Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada, Inc.-Humacao (HIMA) provided such a minimal screening for Narciso Figueroa...

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