Alvarez-Torres v. Ryder Memorial Hospital, Inc.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

The surviving family of Adalberto Martínez López brought suit against a hospital and several physicians, alleging a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, and various provisions of state law. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, concluding that plaintiffs had failed to make out a claim under EMTALA and declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claims.

Plaintiffs appeal, arguing, inter alia, that the evidence supports a claim for failure to stabilize under…