Legal Opinion
Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1992No. 90-6107PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to confront a variety of issues regarding the medical treatment provided to certain infants born with spina bifida. We address primarily whether the infants’ rights under the Constitution and under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, were violated. The district court entered judgment for the defendants. We affirm.
I. Background
Plaintiffs-Appellants Carlton Johnson, Melissa Camp, and Stonewall Jackson Smith were all born with myelomeningocele (“MM”), a type of spina bifida, at Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital (“OCMH”).…
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