Legal Opinion
Galvin v. McGilley Memorial Chapels
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 1987No. WD 39212PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERREY, Judge.
The children of Dorothy Galvin, deceased, brought a negligence action against McGilley Memorial Chapels, et al. (McGil-ley), for the mishandling of the deceased’s remains. McGilley filed a motion for summary judgment alleging the law of the State of Kansas applied to the action and that a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress for interference with a dead body is not recognized by that state. The trial court granting McGilley’s motion stated that based on the most significant contacts test set forth in Section 145 of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict…
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