Pauly
Pauly v. Stanford Health Care
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MAKENZIE PAULY, Case No. 18-cv-05387-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR
v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STANFORD HEALTH CARE, Re: Dkt. Nos. 163, 175 Defendant.
12 Before the Court are defendant Stanford Health Care’s (SHC) motion for summary judgment and plaintiff Makenzie Pauly’s cross-motion for summary judgment. Dkt. Nos. 163, 175. This lawsuit arises out of defendant’s alleged failure to screen and treat plaintiff in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. Dkt. No. 1 at 4. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS defendant’s motion for summary judgment and DENIES plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment. 19 BACKGROUND A. Factual Background 21 On November 7, 2008, when Pauly was approximately ten years old, she saw Dr. Gates at Sutter Hospital (Sutter) for abdominal pain she had been suffering for two months. Id.;…