Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Dorone
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 1987No. 3200 and 3201PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McDermott, justice.
This case comes before us on appeal from a Superior Court affirmation of two orders of the Orphans’ Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, 502 A.2d 1271. Those orders appointed a temporary guardian of an unconscious patient for the purpose of consenting to the administration of blood transfusions. The issue before us is whether during the hearings for the appointment of a temporary guardian the hearing judge abused his discretion in failing to receive testimony from the patient’s parents, fiancee, or his presiding minister, regarding the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc., a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc., a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- In Re Estate of DoroneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Coulter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Voshake's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Donegal Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- In re D.L.H.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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