Florida Court Strikes Down Law in Right-To-Die Case
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The Florida Supreme Court struck down a  hastily enacted law on Thursday that let the governor keep a  severely brain-damaged woman on life support against the wishes  of her husband and legal guardian.
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Gov. Jeb Bush&#39;s efforts to keep a brain-damaged woman alive against her husband&#39;s wishes all but collapsed on Thursday, when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the law
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday by two advocacy groups arguing that dying patients have a constitutional right to access experimental drugs that have not received regulatory approval.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court, the family of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case still has several legal options as they try to save her life, their attorney said Friday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Death penalty critics on Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt lethal injections after a convicted killer took 34 minutes to die from the procedure and witnesses said he appeared to suffer.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- The lawyer for the parents of a brain-damaged suburban Philadelphia native, who are trying to keep her alive artificially, says the family still has several legal options despite being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court.
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The Florida Supreme Court questioned lawyers Tuesday about the extent of the power handed to Gov. Jeb Bush under a law that let him order the reinsertion of a brain-damaged woman's feeding tube.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision striking down a state law designed to save the life of a severely brain-damaged woman.
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It&#39;s a key court victory for Michael Shiavo who has been fighting to end his severely brain damaged wife&#39;s life. The Florida Supreme Court struck down a law known as &quot;Terri&#39;s Law&quot; that prevented Shiavo from removing the tube.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions.
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The Florida Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a hastily passed law intended to keep alive a severely brain-damaged Florida woman is unconstitutional.
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LAYING DOWN THE LAW: Florida voters this month approved a first-in-the-nation law to revoke the licenses of doctors who have three malpractice judgments against them.
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A federal appeals court has rejected the Bush administration&#39;s request for a new hearing on Attorney General John Ashcroft&#39;s attempt to shut down Oregon&#39;s assisted-suicide law by punishing doctors who prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients.
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Oregon&#39;s one-of-a-kind law allowing doctor-assisted suicide moved toward the ultimate legal test Tuesday when the US Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that upheld the law.
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The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a case that ruled that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to try drugs that have not received federal approval.
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TALLAHASSEE Â· A judge Monday temporarily halted a new Florida constitutional amendment that would yank the license of doctors who commit three acts of malpractice.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Florida to continue barring gay men and lesbians from adopting children under a law that is the only one of its kind in the nation.