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Hospital may be liable for discharging pregnant patient 

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    • June 3, 2013

A pregnant woman whose child died after the mother was being discharged from a hospital’s emergency room had a viable claim under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
The plaintiff was in her third trimester » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/06/03/hospital-may-be-liable-for-discharging-pregnant-patient/

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