IN RE GREEN 292 A.2d 387 (1972) CASE BRIEF

IN RE GREEN

292 A.2d 387 (1972)

NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over blood transfusions.

FACTS: Ricky suffers from paralytic scoliosis and was in need of an operation. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and consented to a corrective operation so long as no blood transfusions were given. As such the operation could not be performed. A petition was filed to appoint a guardian so that the surgery could be done. That petition was dismissed. That decision was reversed by the Superior Court.

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RULE OF LAW:

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LEGAL ANALYSIS:

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