Brain Dead Girls Court Case

[TheRealJoeFish]

There is the issue of whether insurance should have to cover something such as this. I would think it certainly shouldn't. But that's a technical matter I have no expertise in.

What are you insuring against at this stage?

Well, that's a good point.

Technically, the question is what the insurance contract says. I would think that in most places, the insurance contract could say "this policy doesn't cover keeping alive a body that has been declared brain dead." But I think the particulars of this case are such that 1) they're fighting to try to say that the insurance *can't* do that, and 2) in New Jersey the law says that someone (insurance, the govt, etc) has to pay for it. The correct outcomes would likely be 1) the court rules that the insurance company doesn't have to pay, and 2) the law should be overturned. #2 is beyond the scope of this prticular situation but is (at least a little bit) important going forward.