Legal Opinion
Rocco v. Travelers Insurance Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeauk Del Vecchio, J.
This is a motion by the plaintiff in the three above-entitled actions for an order suppressing and excluding upon the trial any evidence obtained by means of an autopsy alleged to have been unlawfully performed upon the body of plaintiff’s deceased husband in violation of section 2214 of the Penal Law. That section, designed to prevent unlawful dissection of the body of a human being, provides: ‘ ‘ A person who makes, or causes or procures to be made, any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law, or in pursuance of a permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- People v. DeforeNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Malone v. BowdoinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Darcy v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- People v. NisonoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Chin v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1978
- In re RonnyNew York Family Court · 1963
- Irizarry v. City of New YorkCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974
- Reyes v. RosettiCivil Court of the City of New York · 1965
- Dixson v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1967
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