Wickel v. Spellman

In a proceeding to authorize the petitioner to direct the removal of a nasogastric tube of a person alleged to be permanently unconscious, the petitioner appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Becker, J.), dated February 26, 1988, as dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Because it is now established that "[e]very person has a right to life, and no one should be denied essential medical care” (Matter of Westchester County Med. Center [O’Connor], 72 NY2d…