United States Sixth Circuit

In an Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) action based on a hospital's allegedly negligent release of a patient, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed in part, where EMTALA does not allow for private actions against individuals, but reversed in part, where non-patients may sue under EMTALA's civil enforcement provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2009
• Published 04/06/2009

Judges

• Before:  CLAY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  STAMP, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark Granzotto, Mark Granzotto, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellant.  Susan Healy Zitterman, Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis, Valitutti & Sherbrook, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Mark Granzotto, Mark Granzotto, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellant.  Susan Healy Zitterman, Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis, Valitutti & Sherbrook, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.