Legal Opinion
Rotholz v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Alice Schlesinger, J.
This is an action for damages based on the claim that defendants performed an autopsy on Edith Rotholz over the objection of her brother, plaintiff Fred Rotholz.
On December 22, 1989 Edith Rotholz was injured when she was hit by a truck making a right turn. Ms. Rotholz was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital. Four days later, on December 26, 1989 at 10:35 a.m., Ms. Rotholz passed away.
Ms. Rotholz and her family are Orthodox Jews. Their religious beliefs prohibit the desecration of a body after death. Fred Rotholz, when asked by a physician for permission to…
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- Garcia v. Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Merkel v. LazardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Lilienthal v. German American Brewing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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