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Originally Posted by Gravekeeper
On the other hand, violating his DNR is indeed a valid problem but that's basically a civil matter as far as US courts are concerned. He could sue but it's not going to get him out of prison.
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In this case, I wonder who he would sue. If the prison knew about the DNR, but the hospital didn't (because the prison didn't pass along the information), would he sue the prison?
The article doesn't say whether or not the hospital knew he had a DNR, unless you go by what the brother said.
Because if the hospital knew, but resuscitated him anyway, that's on the hospital. In which case he could sue them. Because I don't think the hospital would attempt resuscitation if the prison simply told them to if they knew about a DNR.