LEACH v. SHAPIRO

No. 11238.

13 Ohio App. 3d 393 (1984)

ESTATE OF LEACH ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. SHAPIRO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Summit County.

Decided May 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Burns and Mr. David R. Wilson, for appellant.

Mr. William L. Curtice, for appellants.

Mr. Mark J. Skakun, for appellees.


BAIRD, J.

Edna Marie Leach entered Akron General Medical Center on July 27, 1980, suffering from respiratory distress. Mrs. Leach subsequently suffered a respiratory-cardiac arrest, and though her heartbeat was restored, Mrs. Leach remained in a chronic vegetative state. Mrs. Leach was placed on life support systems to sustain her breathing and circulation. On October 21, 1980, Mrs. Leach's husband, as her guardian, petitioned the Summit County Probate Court for an...

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