Legal Opinion
In Re Fiori
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 2, 1996No. 6 E.D. Appeal Docket 1995PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice:
This is an appeal by allowance from the opinion and order of the Superior Court affirming the judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Orphans Court Division. We granted allowance of appeal to decide whether a close relative, with the consent of two physicians but without court involvement, may remove life sustaining treatment from an adult relative who is in a persistent vegetative state where that adult has left no advance directives. For the following reasons, we affirm.
As with all cases where this issue is presented, the facts here…
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