A woman at the centre of a legal battle in Ontario over how to define death died Monday morning of natural causes while she was on life-support. ET, according to Hugh R. Scher, a lawyer who had been representing her family during their court battle to keep her on life-support. But in June, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled McKitty could be considered dead and that she be removed from life-support. Unlike four other provinces, including Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Ontario does not have a statutory definition of death, the court decision noted. Family considering brain autopsyEarlier this month, McKitty's family argued their case at the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Source: CBC News December 31, 2018 18:11 UTC