Rhodes Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Moore

HOUSTON, Justice.

Rhodes Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. (“Rhodes”), appeals from the judgment entered on a $75,000 jury verdict in favor of Robert Moore and George Moore, Jr., in this action to recover damages for the negligent desecration of a grave. We affirm.

Robert Moore and George Moore, Jr., are the great-grandson and the great-great-grandson, respectively, of the late Bob *867Moore, who died in 1975 and was buried at St. Austin’s Cemetery in Mobile. Rhodes was the owner of the cemetery at the time of the incident made the basis of this action. George Moore, Sr., who is the brother of…