IN RE ROSEBUSH

Docket No. 111082.

195 Mich. App. 675 (1992)

491 N.W.2d 633

In re ROSEBUSH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 8, 1992, at 9:15 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vlcko, Lane, Payne & Broder, P.C. (by Andrew J. Broder and Lynn Stevens Naoum), for the petitioners.

Richard Thompson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief, Appellate Division, and Michael J. Modelski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the respondent.

Amici Curiae:

Joseph P. Zanglin, for Right to Life of Michigan, Inc.

Kerr, Russell & Weber (by Richard D. Weber and Joanne Geha Swanson), for Michigan State Medical Society.

Dykema Gossett (by Bettye S. Elkins, Kathleen McCree Lewis, Teresa A. Brooks, and Daniel R. Shemke), for Michigan Hospital Association.

Jaffe, Snider, Raitt & Heuer, P.C. (by Brian G. Shannon), for American Academy of Neurology.

Giles R. Scofield and Fenella Rouse (Groves, Decker & Wyatt by David M. McCleary, of Counsel), for Society for the Right to Die, Inc., and Concern for Dying, Inc.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and SAWYER and JANSEN, JJ.


MacKENZIE, P.J.

This is an appeal from an order allowing petitioners, the parents of Joelle Rosebush, to authorize the removal of life-support systems for their minor daughter. Although the issues raised in this appeal were rendered technically moot upon Joelle's death, appellate review is nevertheless appropriate because the issues involve questions of public significance that may recur and yet evade review. Highland Recreation Defense Foundation v Natural Resources...

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