Estate of Loughlin v. State of New York

In a claim to recover damages for violation of the right of sepulcher, the claimants appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Mignano, J.), dated January 16, 2015, which, upon a decision of the same court dated December 11, 2014, made after a trial, is in favor of the claimants Laurie Keane and Patrick Loughlin and against the defendant in the principal sum of only $75,000 each.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

“[T]he common-law right of sepulcher gives the next of kin the absolute right to the immediate possession of a decedent’s body for preservation and burial, and .…