Case Name: In re David L. HOCKENBERRY, an Incapacitated Person. Petition of Myrl I. and Vada B. Hockenberry (Guardians)
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-12-01
Citations: 984 A.2d 935
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re David L. HOCKENBERRY, an Incapacitated Person. Petition of Myrl I. and Vada B. Hockenberry (Guardians).
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 984
Pages: 935–936

Head Matter:
In re David L. HOCKENBERRY, an Incapacitated Person. Petition of Myrl I. and Vada B. Hockenberry (Guardians).
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 1, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reframed for clarity, is:
Whether plenary guardians have the authority to decline potentially life-sustaining treatment for a lifelong incapacitated person who is not suffering from an end-stage medical illness or is in a permanent vegetative state.