Legal Opinion

Service Corp. International v. Guerra

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 17, 2011No. 09-0941PublishedCited by 266 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson

In this appeal we address whether the evidence was sufficient to support jury findings that (1) both the corporation that owned and operated a cemetery and its parent corporation were liable for actions of the cemetery’s employees, and (2) the daughters and widow of a decedent suffered compensable mental anguish because the decedent’s body was disinterred and moved to another grave without permission. We also address whether evidence of other lawsuits against the cemetery owner was properly admitted.

Marcos Guerra was buried at Mont Meta Memorial Park cemetery in a plot that had been sold to…

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