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Brain Death Cases Decided for Hospitals & Insurers
This page collects primary materials from court cases in which families challenged a brain death diagnosis but ultimately lost.

Issac Lopez (Kentucky)
In re Issac Lopez (Jefferson Circuit Ct, Ky. 2014) (Order)
In re Issac Lopez (Jefferson Circuit Ct, Ky. 2014) (Hospital brief)
In re Issac Lopez (Jefferson Circuit Ct, Ky. 2014) (Mother brief)
In re Issac Lopez (Jefferson Circuit Ct, Ky. 2014) (Guardian brief)
Other Cases
In re A (UK High Court Feb. 2015)
Alvarado v. New York City (NY Sup. 1989)
In re Bowman (Wash. 1980)
Cavagnaro v. Hanover Ins. (NJ Super. 1989)
Dority v. Sup. Ct. (Cal. 1983)
Gallups v. Cotter (Ala. 1988)
In re Long Island Jewish Med. (NY 1996)