Legal Opinion
Lopez-Soto v. Hawayek
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 9, 1999No. 98-1594PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a fundamental question concerning the interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd (1994) (amended 1997). We neither minimize the difficulty of the question nor pretend that the answer is transpi-ciously clear. Upon careful perscrutation, however, we hold that EMTALA subsections (a) and (b) are to be read disjunctively, not conjunctively. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s contrary ruling and reinstate the plaintiffs’ action.
I. BACKGROUND
We rehearse only those facts necessary to add a…
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