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Wrongful Death & Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Filed In Michael Hickson Case

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June 11, 2021 By: Andrés J. Gallegos, Jennifer M. Sender ROBBINS, SALOMON & PATT, LTD. SEEKS JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL HICKSON, FILES WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST ST. DAVID’S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER & ITS PHYSICIANS Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) on June 10, 2021, filed a multi-count wrongful death lawsuit against St. David’s South Austin Medical Center … Continue reading Wrongful Death & Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Filed In Michael Hickson Case →

Coleman Quoted in Gothamist: The Pandemic Threatened Their Ventilators

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[Ed. note: We previously reported on the court case discussed in the article below here: Not Dead Yet, NMD United, et al. Sue NY Governor On Ventilator Re-Allocation Guidelines.] The Pandemic Threatened Their Ventilators. Will NY Officials Change Course Before The Next Crisis? BY CAROLINE LEWIS MAY 27, 2021 When COVID-19 struck New York last spring, … Continue reading Coleman Quoted in Gothamist: The Pandemic Threatened Their Ventilators →

NDY, National ADAPT, ADAPT of Texas and ASAN Join Amicus Brief In Tinslee Lewis Case

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On October 8, 2020, Not Dead Yet, National ADAPT, ADAPT of Texas and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined in a friend-of-the-court (“amicus”) brief filed by Texas attorney Michelle Hayes to support Tinslee Lewis and her mother’s case to maintain life support. The “strange bedfellows” amici groups include disability rights, religious and pro-life organizations. Tinslee … Continue reading NDY, National ADAPT, ADAPT of Texas and ASAN Join Amicus Brief In Tinslee Lewis Case →

Not Dead Yet, NMD United, et al. Sue NY Governor On Ventilator Re-Allocation Guidelines

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On October 7, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed a class action complaint on behalf of Not Dead Yet, NMD United, Disability Rights New York, NDY Board member Mike Volkman and other individual plaintiffs against New York Governor Cuomo and the NY Department of Health to challenge the state’s Ventilator Allocation Guidelines … Continue reading Not Dead Yet, NMD United, et al. Sue NY Governor On Ventilator Re-Allocation Guidelines →

Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?

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The Charlie Gard case concerns a young British child with a very rare genetic condition that has currently left him unable to move, breathe or eat on his own. His parents wanted to take him to the United States for experimental treatment but his London doctors, believing he has suffered enough, wanted to turn off … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case? →