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Foody v. Manchester Memorial Hospital

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided March 6, 1984No. File 291586PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtM. Hennessey, J.

In this action, the court is asked to enjoin all attending physicians and Manchester Memorial Hospital personnel from continuing the use of life-sustaining systems calculated to continue the respiration and pulse of Sandra Foody. Additionally the court is asked to declare that the discontinuance of such systems shall not subject the attending physicians and hospital personnel to civil or criminal liability.

The plaintiffs, Kenneth and Ann Foody, are the parents of Sandra Foody. The plaintiff, Kenneth Foody, is the conservator of the person of Sandra Foody. Sandra Foody is a forty-two year old…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. In Re QuinlanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  5. Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. SaikewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Vacco v. QuillSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Vacco v. QuillSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Hondroulis v. SchuhmacherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  4. Matter of JobesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  5. Armstrong v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1999

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