Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2009

In Re Hockenberry

In Re Hockenberry
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 1, 2009 · Per Curiam
984 A.2d 935; 603 Pa. 431; 2009 Pa. LEXIS 2518 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

In Re Hockenberry

Opinion

*432 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reframed for clarity, is:

Whether plenary guardians have the authority to decline potentially life-sustaining treatment for a lifelong incapacitated person who is not suffering from an end-stage medical illness or is in a permanent vegetative state.

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