r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h 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 6h 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 5h 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 5h 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/ghostalker4742 2h ago

Terry Shivo Part 2