Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. American International Insurance Co. of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 23, 2005No. 03-2256PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether a regional diagnostic and treatment center which treats only ambulatory patients and has an emergency room independent of a hospital is subject to the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd.
The district court, ruling on a suit by the parents of a four-month old baby girl who died after being seen in the emergency room of a Diagnostic and Treatment Center (“Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamien-to”) (“CDT”) in Corozal, Puerto Rico, held that an EMTALA suit was actionable. We accepted…
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