Topic: emtala does not create a cause of action for medical malpra… · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Correa v. Hospital San Francisco.

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1 Correa v. Hospital San Francisco Anchor
ca1 · 1995
green “emtala does not create a cause of action for medical malpractice.” 9
2 del Carmen Guadalupe v. Negron-Agosto
ca1 · 2002
green “by its terms, emtala is designed to assure that any person visiting a covered hospital's emergency room is screened for an emergency medical condition and is stabilized if such condition exists” 6
3 Reynolds v. Mainegeneral Health
ca1 · 2000
green “created a remedy for patients in certain contexts in which a claim under state medical malpractice law was not available.” 5
4 Reynolds v. Mainegeneral Health
ca1 · 2000
green “at a minimum congress manifested an intent that all patients be treated fairly” 4
5 Reynolds v. Mainegeneral Health
ca1 · 2000
green “is a limited anti-dumping statute, not a federal malpractice statute.” 4

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