ALVAREZ-TORRES v. RYDER MEMORIAL HOSP., INC.

No. 08-2351.

582 F.3d 47 (2009)

Providencia ALVAREZ-TORRES et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. RYDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José Luis Ubarri, with whom Brown & Ubarri was on brief, for appellant.

Teresa M. García-Moll for appellee Ryder Memorial Hospital, Inc.

José A. Gonzalez Villamil on brief for appellees Dr. Enrique Octavio Ortiz-Kidd, the conjugal partnership of Dr. Enrique Octavio Ortiz-Kidd and his wife, and Triple-S, Inc.

José Miranda Daleccio on brief for appellee Juan Ramón Gómez López.

Igor Domínguez Pérez on brief for appellee Dr. Griselle Pastrana.

Luis R. Ramos Cartagena on brief for appellee Sindicato de Aseguradores de Impericia Medico Hospitalaria.

Before LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and WOODCOCK, District Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

The surviving family of Adalberto Martínez López brought suit against a hospital and several physicians, alleging a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, and various provisions of state law. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, concluding that plaintiffs had failed to make out a claim under EMTALA and declining to exercise supplemental...

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