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MORALES v. SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE AUXILIO MUTUO

No. 07-1951.

524 F.3d 54 (2008)

Carolina MORALES et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE AUXILIO MUTUO Y BENEFICENCIA et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro F. Soler-Muñiz for appellants.

Juan A. Pedrero Lozada, with whom Arroyo, Monrouzeau, PSC, was on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to determine for the first time what it means to "come[ ] to" a hospital's emergency department within the purview of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. After carefully considering the language of EMTALA, the regulation addressing the pertinent statutory text, and the policies that underlie the statute, we hold that an individual can come to the emergency department...

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