Monrouzeau v. Asociación Del Hospital Del Maestro, Inc.

Plaintiff Iris Monrouzeau appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant Asociación del Hospital del Maestro, Inc. (Hospital), on the ground that her suit, brought pursuant to the Emergency Treatment Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, following the death of her mother at the Hospital, was untimely. Monrouzeau concedes that the suit was brought outside EMTALA’s two-year statute of limitations, but asserts that there is a genuine issue of material fact whether an earlier malpractice action filed by her against the Hospital and several of its physicians…