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STRACHAN v. JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSP.

209 N.J. Super. 300 (1986)

507 A.2d 718

GORDON G. STRACHAN AND MARILYN STRACHAN, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND A.R. PIROLLI, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy L. Moore, Jr., argued the cause for appellants (Parker, McCay & Criscuolo, attorneys; Stacy L. Moore, Jr., on the brief).

P. Kay McGahen argued the cause for respondents (McGahen, Dempsey & Casey, attorneys; P. Kay McGahen, on the brief).

Before Judges MORTON I. GREENBERG, J.H. COLEMAN and LONG.

The majority opinion of the court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.H., J.A.D.

The novel issues presented in this tragic right to die case are (1) whether the hospital wrongfully delayed a decent burial of a brain dead patient, and (2) whether plaintiffs, as bystanders, established a valid claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress by the hospital for its alleged failure to have in place a procedure for discontinuing, upon request, life support systems on a brain...

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