JOBIN v. McQUILLEN

No. 90-146.

609 A.2d 990 (1992)

Saffron C.B. JOBIN v. Eleanor McQUILLEN, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Ruple of Peterson & Ruple, Jericho, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Gannon of Pierson, Wadhams, Quinn & Yates, Burlington, for defendant-appellee McQuillen.

Robert L. Sand and Ritchie E. Berger of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, for defendant-appellee State of Vt.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY and JOHNSON, JJ., and PECK, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Saffron C.B. Jobin appeals from the award of summary judgment to defendants, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Eleanor N. McQuillen and the State of Vermont. Plaintiff claims damages for mental, emotional and psychological distress caused by the removal and retention of her son's brain in connection with an autopsy authorized by statute. She challenges the superior court's conclusion that both defendants are immune from suit and that she has failed...

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