Burgess v. Perdue

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The plaintiff appeals the decision of the Shawnee County District Court granting summary judgment to all remaining defendants prior to trial on the basis that (1) she did not state a cause of action of outrage against the State and (2) the cause of action of negligent infliction of emotional distress for interference with a dead body, which she alleged against the defendant, W. Lang Perdue, II, is not recognized in this state.

Mary A. Burgess, the plaintiff, is the mother of Stephen D. Bloomer, deceased. Stephen was a resident of Kansas…