Legal Opinion
Arrington v. Wong
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2001No. 98-17135PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
We are required on this appeal to construe the language of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, as implemented by 42 C.F.R. § 489.24. EM-TALA prevents transfers, without stabilizing treatment, of patients who “come to” a hospital’s emergency room. The complaint alleges that: (1) decedent Harold E. Arrington suffered a heart attack on his way to work; (2) in the ambulance, on the way to the Queen’s Medical Center (Queen’s hospital), the emergency personnel…
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