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MATTER OF LEONARD B.

164 Misc.2d 518 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 809

In the Matter of Fred F. Finn, as Director of O.D. Heck Developmental Center, for an Order Authorizing the Removal of a DNR Order for Leonard B.

Supreme Court, Albany County.

February 21, 1995

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, Albany (Mary Ellen Clerkin of counsel), for petitioner. Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Albany (Bruce S. Dix and Wayne E. Olinzock of counsel), for Leonard B. Tate, Bishko & Associates, Albany (Peter Bishko of counsel), for Petronella Ziegler.

LAWRENCE E. KAHN, J.

Before the court is a challenge to a do not resuscitate (DNR) order that was written under article 29-B of the Public Health Law. This proceeding brings the court to the turbulent, and often muddy, confluence of law and medicine.

Leonard B. is a client of the Oswald D. Heck Developmental Center (O.D. Heck), a facility under the jurisdiction of the Office of Mental Retardation and...

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