Clark v. Arras

Cooper, Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action brought by plaintiff against Dr. Milton Arras, the county medical examiner, and Dr. Abram Brown, the county coroner. In her complaint, plaintiff asserted a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress as a result of an autopsy performed on her stillborn fetus. The trial court granted summary judgment to both defendants, and this appeal follows.

In August 1990, plaintiff had a miscarriage in approximately her twentieth week of pregnancy. In March 1991, plaintiff suffered another miscarriage while in her twenty-second week of pregnancy.…