Legal Opinion
Blouin ex rel. Estate of Pouliot v. Spitzer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 2004No. 02-7997PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, Jr. Circuit Judge.
Now deceased, Sheila Pouliot suffered profound physical and mental disabilities since infancy and was never competent to make her own medical treatment decisions. In December 1999, incapacitated and terminally ill, she was admitted to the State University of New York (“SUNY”) Upstate Medical Center at Syracuse. Aware of her condition, her family, her treating physicians, and other hospital personnel all agreed that only palliative care-without invasive, life-prolonging, or resuscitative measures-was appropriate. Several days later, the New York Attorney…
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