United States Tenth Circuit

A monetary penalty was properly imposed against a hospital for its violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, in refusing to accept a transfer of a patient requiring its specialized capabilities.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2002
• Published 08/28/2002

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAGG, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• A. Scott Johnson (Mary Hanan, Chris L. Fox, with him on the briefs), Johnson, Hanan, Heron & Trout, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fran Pergericht Kuperman, Senior Counsel, (Diana L. Fogle, Senior Counsel, Edgar Bueno, Associate Counsel, with her on the brief), Special Attorneys for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.