· 9/21/2000
Battle Ex Rel. Battle v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Citations
- 228 F.3d 544
- 2000 WL 1357505
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming in part, vacating in part, and remanding following a determination of judgment as 9 a matter of law and a jury verdict
- motions for new trial based on argument that verdict was against great weight of the evidence
- “The duty to stabilize does not arise unless the hospital has actual knowledge that the patient has an unstabilized medical emergency.”
- “Evidence that a hospital did not follow its own screening procedures can support a finding of EMTALA liability for disparate treatment.”
- district court did not abuse its discretion in requiring the plaintiffs to use the video deposition of a doctor, despite his availability at trial, due to their “dilatory tactics” earlier in the case
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Judges: Wiener, Benavides, Parker
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