Legal Opinion
Lott v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided February 21, 1962No. Claim No. 35463; Claim No. 35488PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin H. Osterman, J.
On January 18, 1958, Mrs. Rose Lott and Mrs. Mary Tumminelli, patients at Brooklyn State Hospital, died at about the same hour. Both bodies were taken to a shower room, washed and covered with shrouds and an attendant thereafter attached a tag to each body bearing the name of the deceased. Both families were notified and were asked to have their undertakers call for the bodies.
On January 19, 1958, the undertaker for the Lott family arrived at the hospital mortuary and was given the body tagged with the name of Rose Lott. On the same day, the undertaker for the Tumminelli family received the…
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