Roberts v. Galen of Virginia, Inc.

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• holding that plaintiff need not show an improper motive in order to state a violation under EMTALA for failure to “appropriately” stabilize a patient
• holding that EMTALA does not require a plaintiff to show “that the hospital’s inappropriate stabilization resulted from an improper motive such as one involving the indigency, race, or sex of the patient”
• noting that a court is not required to accept the concession of the government as a party
• noting that a court is not required to accept the concession of the government as a party
• stating the Sixth Circuit’s requirement of an improper motive is in conflict with several circuits, including the First, Fourth, Eighth, and D.C. Circuit
• declining to affirm lower court's decision based on arguments that were neither developed before nor considered by the lower court

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