Legal Opinion
Lenz v. L.E. Phillips Career Development Center
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1992No. 89-1197PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.
This is an appeal taken on bypass pursuant to sec. 808.05, Stats., from a June 21, 1989 order of the circuit court for Eau Claire County, Gregory A. Peterson, Circuit Judge, granting L.E. Phillips Career Development Center, as guardian of L.W., the authority to consent to the withdrawal from L.W. of all life-sustaining medical treatment, including artificial nutrition and hydration. We affirm.
The issues in this case are whether an incompetent individual in a persistent vegetative state has a right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment, including artificial…
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