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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SMITH

No. 80-260.

436 A.2d 1294 (1981)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Hattie Lee SMITH, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Stephen J. O'Brien, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert R. Redmon, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Associate Judge:

Appellant, the District of Columbia, appeals from an adverse judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of appellees Hattie Lee Smith, Pearlie Smith and Claudie Burns, who brought an action seeking damages for mental anguish resulting from the District's alleged negligent interference with their right to preserve, bury or otherwise dispose of the body of their brother, Casper Yeagin, at the time of his death. Appellant asserts that appellees...

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