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WRIGHT v. JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTH SYSTEMS CORP.

No. 71, September Term, 1998.

728 A.2d 166 (1999)

353 Md. 568

Jeanette WRIGHT et al. v. The JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt R. Ballenger (T. Christine Pham, Suder & Suder, P.A., on brief) of Baltimore, for appellants.

Carol A. Zuckerman (Eric R. Harlan, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., on brief) of Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this action the estate and parents of an unmarried decedent sue a number of health care providers on the ground that the defendants wrongfully prolonged the decedent's life by resuscitating him from cardiac arrest, allegedly contrary to the instructions in his advance directive and to his expressed intent. The Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we shall affirm....

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