IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF HAILU

No. 68531.

361 P.3d 524 (2015)

In the Matter of The GUARDIANSHIP OF The Person and Estate of Aden HAILU, an Adult. Fanuel Gebreyes, Appellant, v. Prime Healthcare Services, LLC, d/b/a St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Mara Law Firm, P.C., and David C. O'Mara , Reno, for Appellant.

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., and William E. Peterson and Janine C. Prupas, Reno , for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

"For legal and medical purposes, a person is dead if the person has sustained an irreversible cessation of . . . [a]ll functions of the person's entire brain, including his or her brain stem." NRS 451.007(1). The determination of death "must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards...

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