Legal Opinion
Colavito v. New York Organ Donor Network, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 21, 2007No. Docket 05-1305-cvPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs decedent, Robert Colavito (“Colavito”), suffering from grave kidney disease, was the intended recipient of two kidneys from the body of his late close friend, Peter Lucia. The New York Organ Donor Network (“NYODN”) sent one of Lucia’s kidneys to Florida, where Colavito resided. But contrary to the wishes of the Lucia family, the NYODN designated the other kidney for another recipient before it was known whether the first one could be successfully transplanted to Colavito. When Colavito’s doctor discovered that the kidney sent to Florida was damaged and…
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