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IN RE FIORI

438 Pa.Super. 610 (1995)

652 A.2d 1350

In re Daniel Joseph FIORI, an Adjudged Incompetent. Appeal of PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue A. Unger, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John N. Schaeffer, Doylestown, for Rosemary Sherman, participating party.

Robert B. Hoffman, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae PA Med. Soc.

Alan Meisel, Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae, University of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, WIEAND, McEWEN, CIRILLO, OLSZEWSKI, BECK, KELLY and POPOVICH, JJ.

BECK, Judge.

This appeal requires that we decide whether life sustaining treatment in the form of a gastrostomy tube should be removed from a patient who for almost twenty years has been in a persistent vegetative state with no cognitive powers and no chance of recovery. We agree with the trial court that the life sustaining treatment should be terminated and, therefore, affirm the trial court.

We conclude...

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