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dismissing plaintiff's argument that he did not receive an appropriate screening due to the hospital-defendant's failure to consult a cardiologist or administer an angiogram because EMTALA does not entitle a plaintiff to demand a particular method of screening
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Case No. EDCV 13-00136-VAP (OPx)
04-11-2013
RONALD J. HERISKO, Plaintiff, v. TENET HEALTHCARE SYSTEM DESERT INC., D/B/A DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CEP AMERICA, DIMPLE AGARWAL, M.D., RONALD B. HIMELMAN, M.D., AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE, Defendants.
JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER (ERRONEOUSLY SUED AS TENET HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
DESERT INC., D/B/A DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER)
TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
Pursuant to the Order filed herewith, IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff's Complaint against Desert Regional Medical Center (erroneously sued as Tenet Healthcare System Desert Inc., d/b/a Desert Regional Medical Center) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Court orders that such judgment be entered.
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VIRGINIA A. PHILLIPS
United States District Judge