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In re Hockenberry

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Dec 1, 2009
984 A.2d 935 (Pa. 2009)

Opinion

No. 327 MAL 2009.

December 1, 2009.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from Order of the Superior Court, No. 327 MAL 2009.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reframed for clarity, is:

Whether plenary guardians have the authority to decline potentially life-sustaining treatment for a lifelong incapacitated person who is not suffering from an end-stage medical illness or is in a permanent vegetative state.


Summaries of

In re Hockenberry

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Dec 1, 2009
984 A.2d 935 (Pa. 2009)
Case details for

In re Hockenberry

Case Details

Full title:In re David L. HOCKENBERRY, an Incapacitated Person. Petition of Myrl I…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 1, 2009

Citations

984 A.2d 935 (Pa. 2009)
984 A.2d 935