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GREEN APPEAL

452 Pa. 373 (1973)

Green Appeal.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott B. Platt, for appellant.

Michael Minkin, Assistant Attorney General, with him Dante Mattioni, Deputy Attorney General, and J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, July 2, 1973:

Ricky Ricardo Green (Ricky), the son of separated parents, Nathaniel and Ruth Green, was born on September 10, 1955, and has had two attacks of poliomyelitis, causing problems of obesity. In addition, Ricky now suffers from paralytic scoliosis (94% curvature of the spine). Ricky's mother, with whom he lives, consented to a recommended "spinal fusion" to relieve Ricky's bent position but since she is a Jehovah's Witness...

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