United States Third Circuit

In plaintiffs' case against a hospital and doctors under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) 42 U.S.C. section 1395dd, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where: 1) the type of plaintiff's routine hospital visits for pregnancy and her status as a outpatient does not trigger EMTALA; and 2) plaintiffs' evidence was not sufficient to raise a disputed issue with respect to a stabilization claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/28/2009
• Decided 09/02/2009
• Published 09/02/2009

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara R. Axelrod, Esquire, (Argued), James E. Beasley, Jr., Esquire, Dion G. Rassias, Esquire, The Beasley Firm, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel F. Ryan, III, Esquire, O'Brien & Ryan, Plymouth Meeting, PA, Peter J. Hoffman, Esquire, (Argued), Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.