Allinger v. Kell

This case involves the alleged mutilation of a corpse for criminal investigatory purposes and the legal responsibilities of a funeral home and county medical examiner in connection therewith. On April 11, 1979, the Menominee Circuit Court entered an order granting the funeral home’s and medical examiner’s motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appeal of right.

Plaintiffs’ adult married daughter, who was residing with them at the time of her demise, was found dead by criminal means, by a person then unknown, on October 2, 1977. Plaintiffs entered into a contract with defendant Kell-Tondin…