United States First Circuit
Morales v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficencia, 07-1951
Under Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), an individual can come to the emergency department for EMTALA purposes without physically arriving on the hospital's grounds as long as the individual is en route to the hospital and the emergency department has been notified of her imminent arrival.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/18/2008
- Published 04/18/2008
Judges
- SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Pedro F. Soler-Muñiz for appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Juan A. Pedrero Lozada, with whom Arroyo, Monrouzeau, PSC, was on brief, for appellees.