No. 25-22

Ricky Koel v. Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)
Tags: circuit-split emergency-treatment emtala hospital-liability medical-malpractice patient-rights
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the emergency imperative of EMTALA displaces a State Law medical malpractice exception just as the EMTALA emergency imperative displaced a state law abortion ban for purposes of the District Court's injunction in Moyle v. United States ?

2. Whether the Tenth Circuit's zeal to adhere to the EMTALA malpractice exception in Repp v. Anadarko Mun. Hosp. exposes a Circuit Split with the Fourth Circuit's "standard to which the hospital adheres" rule in Power v. Arlington Hosp. Ass'n ?

3. Whether Dan Kuhlman, M.D., the Citizens' Medical Center's emergency depart ment medical director, violated EMTALA by allowing an unqualified Optometrist to examine and diagnose a serious eye injury and discharge the patient for economic reasons?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the emergency imperative of EMTALA displaces a State Law medical malpractice exception and requires proper emergency patient treatment

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-11
2025-09-11
Reply of petitioner Ricky Koel filed. (Distributed)
2025-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-06
Brief of Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-08-06
Brief of respondents Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
2025-08-05
Amicus brief of California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the North Dakota Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons submitted.
2025-08-05
Brief amici curiae of California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, et al. filed.
2025-06-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)

Attorneys

California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the North Dakota Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Paul A. ClyneLaw Office of Paul A. Clyne, Amicus
Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al.
Brian Clark WrightWright Law Office, Chtd., Respondent
John Tullis BirdGlassman Bird Law, LLC, Respondent
Ricky Koel
Michael W. GrossLaw Offices of Michael W. Gross, LLC, Petitioner