Life Legal is in court today on behalf of the family of 36-year-old Joe Williams,* a disabled father of two who is threatened with death by dehydration. When we first became involved in the case, Joe had been deprived of nutrition for two weeks and was scheduled to be sent home without nutrition or hydration. […]
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Life Legal attorney Allison Aranda appeared in court yesterday on behalf of Joe Williams,*, the father of two small children who suffered a brain injury that left him disabled. Joe’s sister and parents called Life Legal after another family member planned to take Joe home without food or water, meaning he would die of dehydration
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Last week, Life Legal received a call from the daughter of a 93-year-old woman who was being deprived of nutrition and hydration in a Northern California hospital. Our team responded immediately by filing court pleadings demanding that the woman receive proper care. Life Legal attorney Terry Thompson then appeared before a judge to seek a
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A few weeks ago, we told you about a young woman who was sent to hospice after experiencing a temporary lack of oxygen to her brain. The hospice facility made the decision to withdraw her food, as doctors believed she would not recover. At the time, the young woman was partially responsive in that she could blink her
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While on the East Coast, I had the opportunity to meet TL, a 32 year-old woman who was largely unresponsive after she went into cardiac arrest. The decision was made to put TL in hospice and to starve her to death. Two days after arriving in hospice, TL began to speak and move her limbs.
While on the East Coast, I had the opportunity to meet a young woman who was largely unresponsive after she went into cardiac arrest. The decision was made to put her in hospice and to starve her to death. Two days after arriving in hospice, the young woman began to speak and move her arms and legs.
The young woman we wrote about in a previous post (June 5) was moved back to the hospital and is receiving nutrition and medical care. It did, however, take a court order to save her life. The woman had suffered an anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest and her parents believed she had no hope
Two distressing phone calls today. One from the niece of an elderly woman who is in the hospital following an injury. She has slight dementia, but is able to communicate. The hospital decided it would no longer treat her, as care was “futile” because of the woman’s dementia. The woman’s niece tried to get a
The Life Legal Defense Foundation provided Terri Schiavo’s earliest defense, long before her plight was acknowledged by the media. Despite our best efforts—and the subsequent efforts of some of the nation’s brightest attorneys—we were not able to save Terri’s life. March 31, 2016 marks the 11th anniversary of the murder of Terri Schiavo. I cannot
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Appleton, Wisconsin: The County of Outagamie, Wisconsin, has agreed to voluntarily dismiss a guardianship proceeding involving 76-year-old Janice Geiger. This agreement represents a major victory for Janice, who, under the oversight of a court-appointed guardian, has suffered months of insufficient nutrition, neglect and inadequate care. “This case is a shocking demonstration of the potential for