New York Justice James Tormey visited the patient on life support whom the state wished him to keep alive, a severely mentally impaired 42-year-old woman. She was groaning. Her intestines were no longer working. Her body was devouring itself. Tormey ordered hydration ended. She died soon after. The case was an easy call for doctors -- all eight consulted favored ending hydration -- but tough for lawyers. In New York, the law governing life-prolonging decisions for the incapacitated is unusually restrictive.
April 05, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
“There’s the law, and there’s what’s right,” says Justice James Tormey. On the morning of March 1, the judge traveled to Syracuse, N.Y.’s University Hospital to help decide what was right.
He entered Room 524 and gazed at a patient on life support whom the state wished him to keep alive.
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