DONALD PAUL CHRISTENSEN et al., Petitioners,
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; PASADENA CREMATORIUM OF ALTADENA et al., Real Parties in Interest.
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December 2, 1991.
December 2, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Robie & Matthai, Edith R. Matthai, Pamela E. Dunn, Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, William Bernstein, William M. Audet, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, William A. Kershaw, Robin Leslie Stewart, Michael McShane, Belli, Belli, Brown, Monzione, Fabbro & Zakaria, Melvin M. Belli, Sr., Richard Brown, Wilner, Narwitz, Lewin & Klein, Wilner, Klein, Siegel & Kehr, Walter Klein, Sayre, Moreno, Purcell & Boucher and Gilbert S. Purcell for Petitioners.
No appearance for Respondent.
Marlin & Saltzman, Marlin, Saltzman & White, Louis M. Marlin, Stanley D. Saltzman, Morris, Polich & Purdy, Jeffrey S. Barron, Robert S. Wolfe, Anthony G. Brazil, Douglas J. Collodel, Michael S. Wildermuth, Donald L. Ridge, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Richard T. Davis, Jr., Jeffrey P. Smith, Berna Warner-Fredman, F. Christopher Chrisbens, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, C. Douglas Floyd, F. John Nyhan, Anthony R. Delling, Susan A. Kerans, Gerber & Donaldes, Harvey R. Gerber, Berchin & Berchin, Eugene C. Berchin and Jerome J. Berchin for Real Parties in Interest.
Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy, Christina J. Imre, Fred Main, Catherine I. Hansen, Fred J. Hiestand and Richard Denhalter, City Attorney (Santa Clara), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
BAXTER, J.
We are asked to decide whether persons other than those who contract for the services of mortuaries and crematoria or have the statutory right to direct the disposition of the body of a decedent may recover damages for emotional distress engendered by knowledge of the negligent or intentional mishandling of the decedent's remains when they did not observe the misconduct or its consequences. The Court of Appeal held...
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