Legal Opinion
Torretti v. Main Line Hospitals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 2, 2009No. 08-1525PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
This is our first opportunity to confront the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA” or the “Act”). 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, et seq. Among other things, the Act forbids hospitals from refusing to treat individuals with emergency conditions, a practice often referred to as “patient dumping.”
Appellants Christopher and Honey Torretti’s son, Christopher, was born with severe brain damage after Mrs. Torretti’s high-risk pregnancy went awry. On the morning of the birth, Mrs. Torretti went to her routine outpatient fetal monitoring ap pointment…
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