Legal Opinion
Strachan v. John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 16, 1988PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
This appeal, here as of right because of Judge Long’s dissent in the Appellate Division, R. 2:2-l(a)(2), poses important issues concerning the duty of health-care providers to turn over to the next of kin a family member’s dead body. Plaintiffs’ son’s body had been maintained on a life-support system, a respirator, even after the parents had demanded that the system be removed, following the unanimous conclusion of several physicians that the young man was brain dead.
A majority of the Appellate Division, reversing a judgment for plaintiffs…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dillon v. LeggCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Molien v. Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- In Re QuinlanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- Goldberg v. Housing Auth. of City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Kelly v. GwinnellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
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3Cited by106 opinions
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