Mack v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dillon, J.E
Sparse case law exists interpreting the recent enactment of Public Health Law § 4201 which, inter alia, prioritizes the persons authorized to control a decedent’s remains, and immunizes entities such as funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories from civil liability for their good faith disposal of human remains upon the direction of a person enumerated in and prioritized by Public Health Law § 4201 (2) (a) (see Public Health Law § 4201 [7]). Here, the defendant Green-Wood Cemetery Mausoleums & Crematory (hereinafter Green-Wood) disposed of a decedent’s remains…
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