Legal Opinion
In re Klein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 9, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Nancy Klein is a patient at North Shore University Hospital (hereinafter the Hospital). She has been comatose since suffering serious brain damage in an automobile accident in December 1988, and is now approximately 17 weeks pregnant with her second child. Essentially, the appeals before us concern competing applications by Martin Klein, Mrs. Klein’s husband, and two strangers for the appointment of guardians for Mrs. Klein or her fetus. The ultimate purpose of these applications is to either authorize or enjoin the termination of Mrs. Klein’s pregnancy. More particularly,…
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