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CRUZ-QUEIPO v. HOSPITAL ESPANOL AUXILIO

No. 04-2375.

417 F.3d 67 (2005)

Edgardo Jose CRUZ-QUEIPO; Maria Isabel Puig-Sanchez; Conjugal Partnership Cruz-Puig, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL AUXILIO MUTUO DE PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellee; American International Insurance Co., a/k/a AIICO, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael G. Martínez-Géigel, with whom Emilio E. Solé de la Paz was on brief, for appellant.

Carlos E. Umpierre-Schuck, with whom Juan A. Pedrero-Lozada was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case tests the scope of hospital liability under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. EMTALA requires a hospital to even-handedly administer an appropriate screening procedure to all emergency room patients and, if it determines that an emergency medical condition exists, to stabilize the patient's condition before discharge or transfer to another hospital. See id. Asserting that...

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