A financial perspective of both sides, which obviously has an impact on whatever ultimately happens:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mari-f...b_4645768.html
The hospital would have been the big winner if Jahi had been allowed to complete the death process while in California. Her family still hopes for a MUCH better deal if they can force her to survive.
While the family certainly has a legal right to with-hold announcing their daughter's final death for as long as possible, IMO, once ANYONE uses the media as they have, making a public outcry and seeking support for maintaining the child AND a big lawsuit, then they should have no reasonable expectation of secrecy over her ultimate end. Someone will have to file a death certificate, someone will have to handle the remains, Jahi's "estate" will have to be probated. These are all matters of public record; SOMEONE will ferret them out.
Given situations and decisions like this occur every day and seldom make the news, one can safely assume MOST ordinary grieving families do not behave as Jahi's family has. Most of us apparently have lost loved ones to untimely deaths, though not everyone has had to make this terrible decision. However, these people have indiscreetly flown their lawsuit flag from the very first day. They have NOT addressed the REAL reason this unfortunate young lady needed this dangerous procedure, nor answered questions about whether ANYTHING they did while visiting Jahi MAY have contributed to her "twilight of demise." Perhaps they will HAVE to answer these questions during a lawsuit, and THAT might be the most useful outcome of legal proceedings.
Lisa, I would add my sympathy to others on the loss of your father...
While this was not in question when my father died, this COULD have been an issue when my late brother initially survived after his accident. He would have been a quadriplegic vegetable, if the autopsy (from what I remember) is to be believed. However much we would have wished the life support to be continued at least until our parents could get down South to the hospital, I can see there MIGHT have been a similar conflict between my parents and my in-laws when the decision had to be made. I think nature actually DID so, but it could have been forced for a while.