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Selected Recent Court Decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1993

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References

1 No. 93-7596, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 1459 (2d Cir. Jan. 28, 1994).

2 Id. at *12.

3 Id. at *17.

4 Id. at *9-*13.

5 Id. at *17.

6 Id. at *3.

7 Id. at *3-*4.

8 Id. at *4.

9 Id.

10 Id. at *4-*5.

11 Id. at *l-*2.

12 Id. at *14.

13 Id. at *10.

14 Id. at *9-* 11.

15 Id. at *12.

16 Id.

17 Id. at *14-*15 (quoting City Admin. Code § 8-115(d) (Supp. 1993)).

18 Id. at *15.

19 Id.

20 Id. at *20.

21 Id. at *12.

1 No. 93-1924, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 2215 (4th Cir. Feb. 10, 1994).

2 42 U.S.C.A. § 1395dd (West 1992).

3 Baby “K”, No. 93-1924, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis, at *10.

4 Id. at *8.

5 Id. at *15.

6 Id. at *19.

7 Linda Greenhouse, Court Order to Treat Baby With Potential Brain Prompts Debate on Costs and Ethics, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 20, 1994, § 1, at 20.

8 Baby “K”, No. 93-1924, 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS, at *3.

9 Id.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id. at *4.

13 Id.

14 Id. at *4-*5.

15 Id. at *5.

16 Id.

17 Id.

18 Id.

19 Id. at *8. The hospital unsuccessfully sought to transfer Baby K to another hospital. Id. at *4.

20 Id. at *10.

21 Id. at *13-*16.

22 Id. at *12-*13.

23 Id. at * 15.

24 Id. at * 15-* 16.

25 Id. at *16-*17.

26 Id. at *16.

27 Id. at *16-*17.

28 Id. at *17.

29 Id. at *23.

1 No. 93-7484, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 1392 (2d Cir. Jan. 26, 1994).

2 Id. at *27.

3 Id. at *26-*27.

4 Id. at *10-*11.

5 Id. at *17, *24.

6 Id. at *5.

7 Id. at *5-*6.

8 Id.

9 Id. at *7.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id. at *9-*ll.

13 Id. at *10.

14 Id. at *11.

15 Id. at *12.

16 Id. at *13-*18.

17 Id.

18 Id. at *18.

19 Id. at *19.

20 Id. at *21-*24.

21 Id. at *24.

22 Id.

23 Id. at *26.

24 Id. at *27.

25 Id. at *16n.8.

1 No. 92-2785, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 269 (7th Cir. Jan. 7, 1994).

2 Id. at *14.

3 Id. at *28.

4 Id. at *3.

5 Id.

6 Id. at *3-*4.

7 Id. at *4-*5.

8 Id. at *7.

9 Id. at *7-*8. The federal statute, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, was held to be inapplicable because it applies only when the professional review actions commenced on or after October 14, 1989. Id. at *9.

10 Wis. Stat. Ann. § 146.37(1) (West 1993).

11 Harris, No. 92-2785, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 269, at *12-*14.

12 Id. at *14.

13 Id. at *18-*19.

14 Id. at *21.

15 Id. at *23.

16 Id. at *26-*27.

17 Id. at *14.

18 Id.

19 Id.

20 Id. at *29.

21 Id.

1 No. 345A91, 1994 N.C. Lexis 16 (Jan. 28, 1994).

2 Id. at *27.

3 Id. at *20-*21.

4 Id. at *25.

5 Id. at *4.

6 Id.

7 Id. at *4-*5.

8 Id. at *6.

9 Id. at *7.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id. at *9.

13 Id.

14 Id.

15 Id. at *10.

16 Id. at *20-*21.

17 Id. at *19.

18 Id. at *19-*20.

19 Id. at *25.

20 Id. at *28-*29.

21 Id. at *36.

22 Id.

23 Id. at *20-*21.

24 Id. at *25-*26.