California Courts of Appeal
Mar. 31, 2009
James H. Hastings, 1917-2009
James H. Hastings, a justice with the California Court of Appeal for 14 years who wrote the landmark decision giving patients the right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment, has died. He was 91.
Daily Journal Staff Writer James H. Hastings, a justice with the California Court of Appeal for 14 years who wrote the landmark decision giving patients the right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment, has died. He was 91. Hastings died Tuesday night in his Rancho Palos Verdes home after a battle with cancer, his son Gary Hastings said. A week before his death, Hastings ceased chemo and radiation therapy and told his...
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