Estate of Jennie v. Cohen, Dr. ( 1997 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 97-1862
ESTATE OF JENNIE E. PREVETT, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
BETTY ANN COHEN, DR., ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
Before
Torruella, Chief Judge,
Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
Peter D. Prevett on brief pro se.
Pamela S. Gilman, Jennifer Ellis Burke and Taylor, Duane, Barton
& Gilman, LLP on brief for appellee, Betty Ann Cohen, M.D.
Wilson D. Rogers, Jr., Wilson D. Rogers, III and Dunn and Rogers,
P.C. on brief for appellees, Richard NG, M.D. and St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
November 10, 1997
Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the parties' briefs
and the appellate record, we reject plaintiffs' contentions
that the district court misinterpreted the Emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. 1395dd,
and applied an incorrect standard under Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(b)(6). Substantially for the reasons given in the
district court order dated June 30, 1997, the amended
complaint failed to state an EMTALA claim upon which relief
could be granted, even though the complaint nominally invoked
EMTALA. See Vickers v. Nash General Hospital, Inc., 78 F.3d
139, 143-44 (4th Cir. 1996).
We make no comment on the merits of plaintiffs'
remaining state law claims.
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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