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Coty v. Baughman

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided October 11, 1926No. File No. 5679PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHERWOOD, J..

This action is brought by the father and mother of Rose Marie Coty to recover damages for an alleged unauthorized autopsy.

The complaint avers in substance that the defendants while practicing medicine and surgery in Madison, ,S. D., made a dissection of the dead 'body of Rose Marie Coty without authority of law 0£ permission of plaintiffs and in defiance of plaintiff’s instructions, that such dissection of the body of their daughter greatly wounded plaintiff’s feelings, caused them great nervous shock, pain, and suffering, and asks for damages in the sum of $20,000.

Defendant R.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  2. Darcy v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  3. Burney v. Children's HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  4. County of Lancaster v. MishlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  5. Woods v. GrahamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Epps v. Duke University, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1996
  2. Alderman v. FordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1937
  3. Crenshaw v. O'ConnellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1941
  4. McPosey v. Sisters of the Sorrowful MotherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
  5. Kingsley v. ForsythSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934

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