Friday, June 6, 2008

High court: No right to organs

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High Court: No Right to Organs

Families do not have a right to recover organs, tissue or other body parts from a coroner after an autopsy is performed on a relative, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today.

The court’s 6-1 decision is a blow to a Hamilton County couple that had sued in federal court after their son’s brain was removed during an autopsy without their knowledge or consent. MORE

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