RAGONA v. PREATE

No. 90 Equity 118.

6 Pa. D. & C. 4th 202 (1990)

Ragona v. Preate

Common Pleas Court of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

November 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence R. Nealon, for plaintiff.

Ernest D. Preate, attorney general, for the commonwealth.

Linda C. Barrett and Louis J. Rovelli, deputy attorneys general, for the commonwealth.

Lawrence M. Ludwig, for defendant Moses Taylor Hospital.

Paul J. Walker, ad litem.

Michael Barrasse and William H. Dunstone, for Michael Barrasee.


MUNLEY, J., November 30, 1990.

Before the court is guardian Joseph Ragona's action in declaratory judgment, pursuant to the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§7531-7541, seeking authorization for the removal of a nasogastric feeding tube from his incompetent wife, Ruth Ragona. Ruth Ragona is a 64-year-old patient in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Petitioner requests...

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