Legal Opinion
Bonilla v. Reeves
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 1966PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham N. Geller, J.
This is an action for damages for interference with and prevention of the right of sepulchre. The damages in such an action are for the wounded feelings and mental distress suffered by next of kin by reason of mutilation or dissection of the decedent’s body or the prevention of the right to bury his entire remains (see Darcy v. Presbyterian Hosp., 202 N. Y. 259, for review of ecclesiastical and common-law principles and their acceptance by American courts).
Decedent was a migratory Puetro Eican farm worker employed in 1958 on a farm near Newark, New York. He fell from a truck and struck his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Darcy v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Gostkowski v. Roman Catholic Church of Sacred Hearts of Jesus & MaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Cimo v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Frank Shepard Co. v. Zachary P. Taylor Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Lubin v. Sydenham Hospital, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Norman Birnbaum, B. Leonard Avery and Mary Rule MacMillen Plaintiffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- United States v. FerraraDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1988
- In Re Pfohl Bros. Landfill LitigationDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1998
- Levinger v. General Motors Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Home Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Four Star Heights, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1971
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