Legal Opinion
Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 12, 2018No. 16-4307PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEE, Circuit Judge
We are asked to determine whether the District Court erred in dismissing a claim under the "whistleblower" protection provision of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. The dispute here arises from Marie Gillispie's allegations that the Southwest Regional Medical Center (the "Medical Center") terminated her employment because she reported the Medical Center's allegedly improper discharge of an unstable patient and because she reported its alleged substandard care of an admitted patient.
The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the…
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