In Re Hockenberry
984 A.2d 935 | Pa. | 2009
In re David L. HOCKENBERRY, an Incapacitated Person.
Petition of Myrl I. and Vada B. Hockenberry (Guardians).
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
*936 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.
