Federal Judge Denies Health Care Proxies TRO To Enjoin End Of Life-Sustaining Care

Mealey's (November 11, 2020, 1:59 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Nov. 5 denied health care proxies’ motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to enjoin a hospital from removing a brain-dead woman from a ventilator and requiring it to provide the woman with additional life-sustaining care, finding that the plaintiffs have not shown a serious question on the merits on any of their claims (Carol Thomas, et al. v. Mohawk Valley Health System, et al., No. 20-1347, N.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206934)....