Torts!

Resource 4 . 2 . 2

8 minutes

Werth v. Taylor : "The Jehovah's Witness Wrongful Life Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should health care professionals be allowed to administer life-saving, emergency treatment even when there is a good possibility that the patient would have refused?

Michigan Court of Appeals

190 Mich. App. 141

Docket No. 123785

1991-07-08

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