Brown v. Broome County

The trial court set aside a verdict of a jury and dismissed the complaint as a matter of law in this action brought against the county for an alleged unauthorized autopsy performed at the direction of a Coroner, over the objections of the plaintiff, on the body of her husband. The body of the deceased, a railroad worker whose duties included assisting in the assembling and coupling of freight cars, was found between tracks in a railroad yard with the left hand partially severed. The Appellate Division has reversed the judgment on the law and the facts, and directed judgment for the plaintiff,…