BROWN v. BROOME COUNTY


8 N.Y.2d 330 (1960)

Dorothy Brown, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Robert Brown and Another, Infants, Respondent, v. Broome County, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. O'Brien and Justin C. Flannigan for appellant.

William K. English for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and FOSTER concur.


BURKE, J.

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...

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