CONSERVATORSHIP OF the Person of Robert WENDLAND
Rose Wendland, Petitioner and Appellant,
v.
Florence Wendland et al. Objectors and Respondents;
Robert Wendland, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 24, 2000.
Review Granted June 21, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Law Offices of Lawrence J. Nelson and Lawrence J. Nelson, San Francisco, for Petitioner and Appellant Rose Wendland.
Law Offices of James Braden, James Braden, San Francisco, and James T. Diamond, Jr., for Appellant Robert Wendland.
Catherine I. Hanson and Alice P. Mead, San Francisco, for California Medical Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.
Vicki Michel, Terri D. Keville, Los Angeles, Stanton J. Price, Ila Rothschild and Cynthia Fruchtman, Beverly Hills, for Los Angeles County Medical Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association Joint Committee on Biomedical Ethics, and Los Angeles County Bar Association Bioethics Committee as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.
Brown, Hall, Shore & McKinley and Janie Hickok Siess, Stockton, for Objectors and Respondents.
Wesley J. Smith, Los Angeles, for Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals as Amici Curiae on behalf of Objectors and Respondents.
Rita L. Marker, for Ethics and Advocacy Task Force of the Nursing Home Action Group as Amici Curiae on behalf of Objectors and Respondents.
Max Lapertosa and Stephen F. Gold, Philadelphia, PA, for Not Dead Yet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Objectors and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.
Certified for Partial Publication.*
SIMS, J.
This is the hardest case.
A 1993 motor vehicle accident left 42-year-old Robert Wendland severely brain damaged and cognitively impaired. He is conscious and sometimes able to respond to simple commands, but he is totally dependent on others for his care and is unable to speak or otherwise communicate consistently. He receives life-sustaining nutrition and hydration through a...
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