Martinez Rosado v. Instituto Medico Del Norte,

Martinez Rosado v. Instituto
Medico Del Norte
No. Civ. 00-1748 JAF (D. Puerto Rico May 21, 2001)

A Puerto Rico hospital being
sued for an alleged Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
violation argued that the Puerto Rico District Court should not exercise supplemental
jurisdiction over the state medical malpractice claims brought in conjunction
with that suit. The suit arose after a woman died as a result of injuries suffered
in a car accident, five hours after being transferred from the hospital. The
district court held that it could exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over
the state medical malpractice claims that were brought in conjunction with the
EMTALA claim because both claims arose from the circumstances leading to the
woman’s death, and thus were part of the same case or controversy.