A federal judge refused to toss a wrongful death case against a hospital centering on a man who went to the emergency room with chest pains, and died from a heart attack less than a day after his discharge.
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Pottstown Memorial Medical Center and two doctors’ motion for summary judgment. The central argument in the case was whether Hendrico F. Salata was admitted for observation or inpatient treatment. The hospital would not be liable for his death under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) if he were admitted as an inpatient. The federal law requires hospitals to stabilize ER patients before discharging them.
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