Werth v. Taylor

The next case pits religious freedom against norms of implied consent. The plaintiff, a Jehovah’s Witness, signed a form refusing a blood transfusion but later ran into life-threatening complications. To save his patient, a physician did transfuse blood. Should this be considered a battery?

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