United States First Circuit

A hospital cannot be liable for inappropriate emergency room screening under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, where a claimant fails to show: 1) screening was not reasonably calculated to identify critical medical conditions; or, 2) disparate treatment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2002
• Published 08/07/2002

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin G. Little, with whom Law Offices of David Efron was on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fernando Agrait Betancourt for appellees.