Legal Opinion
Brown v. Broome County
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 18, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, P. J.
The husband of plaintiff Dorothy Brown was a railroad worker and his dead body was found between tracks in the yard where he worked. A portion of his left hand had been severed. The death was unwitnessed. A coroner of the defendant County of Broome ordered an autopsy without the consent of the plaintiff and against her protest.
*153In this action against the county, its responsibility for the acts of the coroner is not disputed, and a jury has found a verdict of $3,500 for plaintiffs. The court has set aside the verdict and dismissed the complaint. If the coroner’s direction to make an autopsy was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Darcy v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Gostkowski v. Roman Catholic Church of Sacred Hearts of Jesus & MaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Foley v. PhelpsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Grawunder v. Beth Israel Hospital Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Beller v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Snyder v. Holy Cross HospitalCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976