Legal Opinion
Rodas v. Seidlin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2011No. 09-3760PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Gloria Rodas’s appeal presents an important question about the meaning of a provision of the Illinois Good Samaritan Act, 745 ILCS 49/1 et seq., in a case that was removed to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442. The state-law question is whether and under what circumstances the protections of the Good Samaritan Act turn on the business model physicians use to charge patients for emergency services. The law shields from liability physicians who render certain services “without fee.” Rodas was charged a fee for the services she…
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