hospital-liability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-22 Ricky Koel v. Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Amici (1) circuit-split emergency-treatment emtala hospital-liability medical-malpractice patient-rights Whether the emergency imperative of EMTALA displaces a State Law medical malpractice exception and requires proper emergency patient treatment
24-689 Randal Jerome Dalavai, as Successor in Interest to Decedent Geetha Dalavai and son of Geetha Dalavai v. The Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response Waived circuit-split emergency-medicine emtala hospital-liability medical-standard-of-care patient-rights Whether a hospital's obligation under EMTALA ends when the patient is admitted or requires full stabilization before release
24A420 Randal Jerome Dalavai, as Successor in Interest to Decedent Geetha Dalavai and son of Geetha Dalavai v. The Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete administrative-deference circuit-split emtala hospital-liability medical-treatment patient-stabilization Whether a hospital's obligation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) continues beyond initial patient admission and requires o…
18-132 Jamie Elmhirst v. McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital, dba Northern Michigan Emergency Medicine Center, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied appropriate-medical-screening circuit-split due-process emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act emtala hospital-liability intent-standard legislative-history medical-screening motive-requirement roberts-v-galen-of-virginia statutory-interpretation Whether the court should hold that liability under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act attaches independent of the defendant's motiva…