Legal Opinion
Holsen v. Heritage Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided February 22, 1994No. 92-3216PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*460FINE, J.
Plaintiffs, five adult children of Charles Holsen, Sr., and Mr. Holsen's son-in-law, brought this action to recover damages they allegedly suffered when the Prasser-Kleczka funeral home substituted the body of another person for the late Mr. Holsen, Sr. The amended complaint alleged, inter alia, that negligent and intentional acts by funeral home employees caused Holsen's adult children to suffer "serious mental anguish and extreme emotional distress, which has affected them physically and which may be permanent in nature," and "that there have been physical manifestations of the…
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