Gonzalez v. Metropolitan Dade County Public Health Trust

FERGUSON, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether plaintiffs may recover damages for emotional distress caused by a tortious interference with a dead body, on allegations and proof that the morgue at Jackson Memorial Hospital negligently delivered a wrong body of an infant to a funeral home, which was *1031funeralized by the plaintiffs, where the plaintiffs suffered no physical impact.

Facts

The Gonzalezes’ newborn daughter died at Jackson Memorial Hospital on November 7, 1988. In accordance with the parents’ contract with Rivero Funeral Home, Inc., funeral services and a burial were…