A Pennsylvania man filed a lawsuit against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, claiming that the hospital refused to perform emergency surgery on him because he did not have insurance. Marcus Murray was taken to Underwood Memorial Hospital in May 2008 with severe chest pains. When a CT scan revealed “complex dissection of the thoracic and abdominal aorta,” the hospital requested a transfer to the Penn hospital for the surgery. The nurses notes on Murray’s chart say that the transfer was accepted, but then a later note states that he was refused transfer “due to no medical insurance.” Murray had the surgery at another hospital eight hours later, and as a result suffered brain damage and is blind. The lawsuit claims Penn hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and is seeking unspecified damages.