Legal Opinion
Cercelli v. Wein
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 21, 1969PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard Leigh Finz, J.
The sole question before this court is whether or not the complaint sets forth a cause of action for mental anguish. The facts are rather unique and follow in brief narrative.
Plaintiffs are the next of kin of the decedent, who was a registered guest at defendants’ hotel. It appears that on September 16, 1962, the decedent died in his room of said defendant hotel from natural causes. One of the plaintiffs, the widow of the decedent, kept telephoning the hotel on the 16th and 17th of September and had asked them to check on the decedent’s room, but this they apparently failed to do. His death,…
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