Legal Opinion
Grace Plaza of Great Neck, Inc. v. Elbaum
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
On September 19, 1986 plaintiff Grace Plaza of Great Neck, a long-term care facility, admitted Jean Elbaum as a patient. She had been transferred from North Shore University Hospital following treatment for a stroke. At the time of her admission to Grace Plaza, Mrs. Elbaum was in a persistent vegetative state and had to be fed through a gastrostomy tube. In October of 1987, her husband, defendant here, advised plaintiff by letter that it was his wife’s wish that she be allowed to die naturally should she fall into an "irreversible vegetative state”, and he…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re the Guardianship of Albert S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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- Grace Plaza of Great Neck, Inc. v. ElbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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