Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Galen of Virginia, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1999No. 97-53PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Per curiam
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), as added by § 9121(b) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 100 Stat. 164, and as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1395dd, places obligations of screening and stabilization upon hospitals and emergency rooms that receive patients suffering from an “emergency medical condition.” The Court of Appeals held that in order to recover in a suit alleging a violation of § 1395dd(b), a plaintiff must prove that the hospital acted with an improper motive in failing to stabilize her. Finding no support for such a requirement in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Correa v. Hospital San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Gatewood v. Washington Healthcare Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Cleland v. Bronson Health Care Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Harold Summers v. Baptist Medical Center ArkadelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Power v. Arlington Hospital Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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