Court Opinion

ID: 9665917
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:59:42.226445+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:02:58.892566
License: Public Domain

WAHL, Justice
(dissenting).
The majority opinion clearly and cogently sets forth the issues presented in the question decided and certified to this court by the trial court and persuasively indicates the advisability of including brain death in the definition of death. I disagree only with the decision to decline to answer the question which is properly before us.
To date, the Minnesota legislature has twice been offered the opportunity to enact legislation defining brain death as death, and has twice declined to do so. The issue has now arisen as an issue in an actual case or controversy and is within the field of this court’s competency. Under these circumstances, we should, in my view, answer the question.