Legal Opinion
Bambrick v. Booth Memorial Medical Center
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Angelo Graci, J.
When an autopsy is admittedly performed without the written consent of the decedent’s family but the defendant hospital alleges that telephonic authorization had been obtained from the decedent’s wife, are the plaintiffs herein, the *689wife and son of the decedent, entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law against the defendant hospital for the performance of an unauthorized autopsy?
In this action to recover damages for the unauthorized autopsy allegedly performed upon the body of the late Hugh Bambrick, plaintiffs Rosemary and Hugh Bambrick (the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Darcy v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Frank Shepard Co. v. Zachary P. Taylor Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Grawunder v. Beth Israel Hospital Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Grawunder v. Beth Israel Hospital AssociationNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Bambrick v. Booth Memorial Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993