New York Supreme Court February 28, 1996 (In re Long Island Jewish Medical Center)

OPINION OF THE COURT

John A. Milano, J.

Long Island Jewish Hospital (hereinafter LIJ), the petitioner in this action, moved this court on February 26, 1996 with an emergency order to show cause seeking authorization for LIJ to withdraw artificial respiratory support from a five-month-old baby girl who LIJ claimed was brain dead.