Legal Opinion
Gail M. Kranson, Administratrix of the Estate of Harry Gritz, Deceased v. Valley Crest Nursing Home, A/K/A Luzerne County Institution District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1985No. 84-5255PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff sued a municipally owned nursing home for the death of her father. She charged a violation of his constitutional rights because of a failure to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation, allegedly as a result of an institutional policy to withhold such treatment. The district court granted a directed verdict against plaintiff because she did not show that the policy was unconstitutional nor did she demonstrate a causal relationship between the policy and the injury. We will affirm on the lack of a causal nexus.
As administratrix of her deceased…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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