IN RE HAYMER

No. 82-2626.

115 Ill. App.3d 349 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 940

In re ALEX B. HAYMER (Loyola University of Chicago, Appellee, v. Albert Haymer et al., Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Morris A. Haft, of Chicago, for other appellants.

William H. Oswald and Leon S. Conlon, both of Chicago, for appellee.

Thomas S. Chuhak, of Chicago, guardian ad litem.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 28, 1982, Loyola University of Chicago, which owns and operates Foster G. McGaw Hospital in Cook County, Illinois, sought a declaratory judgment that its patient, seven-month-old Alex B. Haymer, was legally dead, thereby permitting the hospital to remove Alex B. Haymer from a mechanical ventilation system. The child's parents opposed...

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