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CRUZ-VÁZQUEZ v. MENNONITE GENERAL HOSP., INC.

No. 11-2297.

717 F.3d 63 (2013)

Hazel I. CRUZ-VÁZQUEZ; Raúl A. Cruz-Rivera; Lucy I. Vázquez-Rivera; Conjugal Partnership Cruz-Vázquez; Benjamín Martínez-Reyes; Benjamín Martínez-Morales; Nitza I. Reyes; Conjugal Partnership Martínez-Reyes, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MENNONITE GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC.; Dr. Brenda M. Torres-Pérez; John Doe; Conjugal Partnership Doe-Torres; Dr. Eduardo Gómez-Torres; Jane Doe; Conjugal Partnership Doe-Gómez; Advanced OB-GYN, PCS; Simed; Companies A-Z; Peter Poe; Mary Moe, Defendants, Appellees, Minerva Díaz-Aristud; Conjugal Partnership Gómez-Díaz, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro F. Soler-Muñiz for appellants.

Anselmo Irizarry-Irizarry , with whom Matta & Matta, PSC, was on brief for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns whether the district court erred in dismissing a disparate screening claim under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. After carefully reviewing the record, we vacate the district court's dismissal and remand for further proceedings.

I. Background

A. Factual Background

1. Cruz-Vázquez's Medical Treatment

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