EMTALA
Psychiatric emergency qualifies for EMTALA - Moses v. Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Inc., 561 F.3d 573 (6th Cir. 2009)- Third party case under EMTALA. Damages were murder by released patient, court also found that EMTALA did not provide for private remedy against the physician.
Louisiana rejects tort of intentional patient dumping - Coleman v. Deno, 813
So.2d 303 (La. 2002)
Louisiana medical review panel requirement preempted by EMTALA - Spradlin
v. Acadia-St. Landry Medical Foundation, 758 So.2d 116 (La. 2000)
Brief - Must I worry about EMTALA/COBRA after the patient has left the emergency
room?
- Roberts v. Galen of Virginia, Inc., 525 U.S. 249, 119 S.Ct. 685 (1999)
Brief - Court Dismisses
Malpractice Claims as Predicate for EMTALA Violation - Reynolds v. MaineGeneral
Health, 218 F.3d 78 (1st Cir. 2000)
Brief - Does the 11th Amendment
bar EMTALA claims against state hospitals? - Ward v. Presbyterian Healthcare
Services, 72 F.Supp.2d 1285 (D.N.M. 1999)
EMTALA is not a medical malpractice
remedy - Summers v. Baptist Medical Center Arkadelphia, 91 F.3d 1132 (8th Cir.
1996)
Vicarious liability for physician's
supervising residents during emergency transfer - Hammonds v. Jewish Hosp.,
899 S.W.2d 527 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995)
First physician sanctions case under
EMTALA - Burditt V. U.S. HHS, 934 F.2d 1362 (CTA 5th 1991)
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