Tinsley v. Dudley

*807 OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action plaintiffs, who are the children of deceased James Smith, sued a Chattanooga Policeman, the City of Chattanooga and the Hamilton County Medical Examiner. Their complaint alleged that on April 5,1994, James Smith left his daughter’s home in Bradley County and was found dead in his car later that afternoon in Chattanooga by a Chattanooga police officer. The Chattanooga police caused the body to be removed to the office of the Hamilton County Medical Examiner, where it was frozen.

Plaintiffs further allege there was proper identification on the body, but…