NORWOOD HOSPITAL v. MUNOZ


409 Mass. 116 (1991)

564 N.E.2d 1017

NORWOOD HOSPITAL vs. YOLANDA MUNOZ & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

January 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Dugan for Yolanda Munoz.

Jonathan Brant, guardian ad litem.

Andrew C. Pickett for the plaintiff.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

In this case, a competent adult, who is a Jehovah's Witness and a mother of a minor child, appeals from a judgment of the Probate and Family Court authorizing Norwood Hospital to administer blood or blood products without her consent.

We state the facts. Yolanda Munoz, a thirty-eight year old woman, lives in Dedham with her husband, Ernesto Munoz, and their minor son, Ernesto, Jr. Ernesto's father, who is over seventy-five years old, also lives...

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