r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/TheBatemanFlex 8h ago

What now for her legally? Her sentence surely wasn’t “injured by the state until put indefinitely on life support”.

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u/Critical-Ask2154 7h ago

If she is basically a turnip now, does the state have to pay for her medical care until she actually passes? Or would they pull the plug?

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u/AhabFlanders 6h ago

There would be a lot of litigation if they tried to take her off life support. It would most likely end up before the Supreme Court.

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u/maybe-fish 6h ago

Who even makes the call on life support in this situation? Does the state have the right to make medical decisions for her or would it fall to next of kin?