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Legal and Bioethical Implications of a Misdiagnosed Brain Death – Spears v. Rosen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

Nia Johnson
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American Journal of Law & Medicine , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , November 2017 , pp. 468 - 471
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2017

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References

1 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied at 2, Spears v. Rosen, No. RG15760730 (Cal. Super. Ct. September 5, 2017).

2 See Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Wrongful at 2, McMath v. Rosen, No. RG15796121 (Cal. Super. Ct. Dec, 9, 2015).

3 Id.

4 Id (now UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital of Oakland).

5 Id. at 3.

6 Id. at 4.

7 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied, supra note 1, at 5–6.

8 Id.

9 Id. at 5.

10 Id.

11 Id. at 6.

12 Id.

13 See Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Request for Temporary Restraining Order and Injunctive Relief at 4, Winkfield v. Children's Hosp. Oakland, No. C 13-5993 SBA, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8560 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2014) (No. 4:13-cv-05993).

14 See Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Wrongful, supra note 2, at 6.

15 See Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Request for Temporary Restraining Order and Injunctive Relief, supra note 13, at 1 (Now UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital of Oakland).

16 Id. at *7, *10.

17 See Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Wrongful, supra note 2, at 6.

18 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied, supra note 1, at 2; see McMath v. California, No. 15-cv-06042-HSG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171534, at *4 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 12, 2016).

19 See Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. City of Lodi, California, 302 F.3d 928, 939-940 (9th Cir. 2002) (“(1) the complaint must involve a sensitive area of social policy that is best left to the states to address; (2) a definitive ruling on the state issues by a state court could obviate the need for federal constitutional adjudication by the federal court; and (3) the proper resolution of the potentially determinative state law issue is uncertain. if a court invokes pullman abstention, it should stay the federal constitutional question until the matter has been sent to state court for a determination of the uncertain state law issue.”); see McMath v. California, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171534, at *16 (2016); Id. at *21.

20 Id. at *20.

21 Id. at *16-*18.

22 See motion for summary adjudication denied, supra note 1.

23 See id. at 2.

24 Id.

25 Id.

26 Id.

27 See Cal. Health & Safety Code §7180 (West 1982).

28 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied, supra note 1, at 4-6.

29 See Weyrauch, Samantha, Acceptance of Whole Brain Death Criteria for Determination of Death: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan, 17 UCLA Pac. Basis L.J. 91, 106 (1999).Google Scholar

30 See Miller, Andrew et al., Brain Death and Islam: The Interface of Religion, Culture, History, Law, and Modern Medicine, 146 Chest 1092, 1092 (2014).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

31 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied, supra note 1, at 2; see Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Request for Temporary Restraining Order and Injunctive Relief, supra note 13, at 4.

32 See Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages, supra note 9, at 4.

33 See supra note 19, at 106.

34 See N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10, § 400.16; see Orr, Robert D. & Genesen, Leigh B., Requests for “Inappropriate” Treatment Based on Religious Beliefs, 23 J. Med. Ethics 142, 147 (1997)CrossRefGoogle Scholar (This article discusses the importance of respecting religious beliefs during end of life – even if the treatment is perceived to be inappropriate.).

35 See Michael Stein, We All Want Our Doctors to be Kind. But Does Kindness Actually Help Us Get Well?, Wash. Post, August 11, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-all-want-our-doctors-to-be-kind-but-does-kindness-actually-help-us-get-well/2016/08/11/95306e06-1091-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html?utm_term=.118827def10c.

36 See Dillon v. Legg, 441 P.2d 912, 920 (Cal. 1968).

37 See Marsala v. Yale-New Haven Hosp. Inc., 142 A.3d 316, 330 (2016).

38 See id. at 330-331.

39 See Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Wrongful, supra note 2, at 3-6.

40 Id.

41 Id.

42 Id. at 10.

43 See Motion for Summary Adjudication Denied, supra note 1.

44 Id. at 1.

45 Id. at 2.

46 See id.

47 See id.