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JOHN F. KENNEDY HOSP. v. BLUDWORTH

No. 63769.

452 So.2d 921 (1984)

JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., a Florida Corporation; Gladys Landy, Individually and As the Duly Appointed Guardian of the Person of Francis Landy, Deceased; and Roger Crews, M.D., Appellants, v. The Honorable David H. BLUDWORTH, State Attorney, in and for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Meyers and James C. Cunningham, Jr., Miami, and John R. Day of Shutts & Bowen, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

David H. Bludworth, State Atty., and Lisa J. Campbell, Asst. State Atty., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Joel T. Strawn of MacMillan, Newett, Strawn, Stanley & Botos, Delray Beach, for Fla. Hosp. Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiae.

Thomas A. Horkan, Jr., Tallahassee, for amicus curiae.

ALDERMAN, Chief Justice.

We accept jurisdiction to review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, in John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Bludworth, 432 So.2d 611 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). The district court has certified the following question to us as one of great public importance:

In the case of a comatose and terminally ill individual who has executed a so-called "living" or "mercy" will...

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