X-Message-Number: 24599 From: Tim Freeman <> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:50:07 -0700 Subject: Further Ted Williams legal wrangling Potvin said in cryomsg 24589: >For some actual on-topic cryonics news, visit the following link... He's right, there is some interesting news there. The main reference is the following article claiming that Williams' nephews won the first round in getting Alcor to produce a "document of gift" authorizing Ted's anatomical donation. If this works, it breaks Alcor's presumed confidentiality agreement with Ted, and it's questionable whether confidentiality for suspended patients is legally feasible any more. In the story Joe Waynick is quoted as being undecided about whether to appeal or produce the document. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0903alcor-ON.html The practical consequence of this is that you might save your cryonics organization a pile of money by giving up on confidentiality after you're suspended. -- Tim Freeman GPG public key fingerprint ECDF 46F8 3B80 BB9E 575D 7180 76DF FE00 34B1 5C78 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24599