[Ip-health] Court Ruling Could Have Chilling Effect On Organ Donations

[Joana Ramos]

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Court Ruling Could Have Chilling Effect On Organ Donations
Chris Halsne
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter

POSTED: 3:38 pm PDT May 23, 2007
UPDATED: 5:25 pm PDT May 24, 2007

SEATTLE -- If you marked "organ donation" on your driver's license, you
may have given consent for something you can't imagine.

Over the past year, KIRO Team 7 Investigators have repeatedly exposed
how the King County Medical Examiner=92s Office traded hundreds of human
brains to a research lab, collecting $1.5 million along the way. Dozens
of families say King County failed to get proper consent. Four sued.

Now, Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne discovers a resulting court
ruling might make everyone's donated body parts up for grabs.....


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