Millan v. Hosp. San Pablo

EMTALA

Millan v. Hosp. San Pablo, No. Civ. 02-2687(DRD) (D.P.R. Sept. 8, 2005)

Parents
of a deceased infant filed claims under the Emergency Medical Treatment and
Active Labor Act (EMTALA) against two hospitals, alleging that each hospital
had failed to provide appropriate screening and that the infant was discharged
before being stabilized in the days before the child’s death. The District
Court of Puerto Rico found that each hospital had met its duty to provide appropriate
medical screening under EMTALA. However, the court did not find sufficient
evidence to show the hospitals had met their duty to stabilize the infant,
and therefore denied each hospital’s motion for summary judgment.