Thread: Family sues after son's organs allegedly removed without con

http://www.courttv.com/news/2006/0425/organ_ctv.html

Updated April 25, 2006, 1:00 p.m. ET

Family sues after son's organs allegedly removed without consent


By Lisa Sweetingham
Court TV
NEW YORK — The family of a 19-year-old Bronx construction worker who was pronounced brain-dead after a fall has filed a $180 million suit against the New York Organ Donor Network for allegedly removing the man's heart and other organs without proper consent.

"Melesio Martinez may be a so-called illegal immigrant, but that doesn't mean they can take his organs without consent," said attorney Victor Serby, who filed the suit on behalf of the administrators of the deceased teen's estate.

Melesio Martinez, a Mexico native who lived in the Bronx and worked in construction with his brother, was rushed to the emergency room at New York's Bellevue Hospital on April 16, 2005, after falling two stories at a Brooklyn construction site, according to the suit.

Martinez was pronounced brain dead by Bellevue physicians shortly after his arrival.

Something doesn't sound right here. How could they do this? I think there may be more to this story.