Legal Opinion
Root v. New Liberty Hospital District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2000No. 99-2988PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin, Amy, and Elizabeth Root claimed that Liberty Hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), see 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, when it discharged Amy Root, then pregnant with Elizabeth, without properly performing the medical screening and stabilization that the statute requires. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(a), § 1395dd(b), § 1395dd(c). The Roots sued the hospital, asking for “those damages available for personal injury under the law of the State in which the hospital is located.” See 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(d)(2)(A).
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