Legal Opinion
Correa v. Hospital San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 31, 1995No. 95-1167PublishedCited by 306 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to interpret, for the first time, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd (1988 & Supp. V 1993). 1 After scrutinizing the record and dovetailing the facts with the statutory scheme, we affirm a $700,000 jury verdict in favor of the heirs and survivors of Carmen Gloria Gonzalez Figueroa (Ms. Gonzalez) against defendant-appellant Hospital San Francisco (HSF or the Hospital).
1. THE FACTS
We are guided through the thicket of conflicting testimony and the chasmal gaps in the direct evidence by the rule that, when…
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