Jeansonne v. Roy

Lin this highly unusual suit against an attorney and a funeral home for allegedly improperly orchestrating an exhumation of the body of plaintiffs daughter for an autopsy, the majority affirms the trial judge’s grant of an Exception of No Cause of Action against the attorney. The attorney obtained an Ex Parte Order for the Exhumation by misleading the trial judge into believing that the coroner had approved the exhumation request. The majority also reverses the trial judge’s denial of the defendant attorney’s Motion to Strike the allegations against him and awards attorney’s fees against…