Legal Opinion
Bartling v. Glendale Adventist Medical Center
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 7, 1986No. B017666PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HASTINGS, J.
In Bartling v. Superior Court (1984) 163 Cal.App.3d 186 [209 Cal.Rptr. 220] (Bartling I), we held that a competent, nonterminally ill adult patient has a constitutionally based right to refuse and/or to terminate medical treatment. We remanded to the superior court for a determination as to whether the granting of attorneys’ fees pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 1 was appropriate. (Bartling I, at p. 197.) This appeal is from the superior court’s denial of appellants’, William Francis Bartling et al. (appellants), motion to award attorneys fees under this…
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