Court Allows EMTALA Claim to Move Forward
The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana denied a medical center’s summary judgment motion and therefore allowed an EMTALA claim to move forward after finding that genuine disputes of material fact existed as to whether the medical screening examination given to a patient complied with the medical center’s policies and procedures. Jackson v. N. Caddo Hosp. Serv. Dist.

Court Halts Termination of Physician’s Employment
The Superior Court of the Virgin Islands granted a physician’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which enjoined a hospital from terminating the physician’s employment based in part on the physician not participating in a formal investigation. Wrensford v. V.I. Gov’t Hosps. and Health Facilities Corp.