Legal Opinion
Cruz-Mendez v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 29, 2011No. Civil 10-1753 (FAB)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 1
BESOSA, District Judge.
I. Background
A. Procedural History
On August 4, 2010, Ferdinand Cruz-Mendez and his wife, Cruz Maria Cruz-Lopez (“plaintiffs”), fried a complaint against the United States of America (“The United States” or “defendant”) alleging that the employees of Castafier General Hospital, a federally supported health center, violated the screening and stabilization provisions of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd (“EMTALA”), and engaged in medical malpractice, giving rise to a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”).
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