Rivera v. VHS Acquisition Subsidiary Number 7, Inc.

Wrenn, Daniel M., J.

In this action, the plaintiff, Carmen Rivera (the “plaintiff’), asserts statutory and tort claims to recover damages arising from the defendants, VHS Acquisition Subsidiary Number 7, Inc. d/b/a Saint Vincent Hospital (“Saint Vincent’s”) and Darlene Mwangi (“Mwangi”) (collectively the “defendants”), allowing strangers to access and photograph the dead body of the plaintiffs son as he lay in a hospital bed. The complaint includes counts for violation of the plaintiffs statutory right of privacy under G.L.c. 214, §1B (Count I), negligent control of a dead body (Count II), and…