CULPEPPER v. PEARL STREET BLDG., INC.

No. 93SC458.

877 P.2d 877 (1994)

James F. CULPEPPER and Dagmar I. Culpepper, Petitioners, v. PEARL STREET BUILDING, INC., a Colorado corporation; Rayanne Mori; Loren Newton, d/b/a M & M Transport Company, and Loren Newton, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gorsuch Kirgis LLC, James A. Jablonski, Denver, for petitioners.

Cooper & Kelley, P.C., John R. Mann, Denver, for respondents Pearl Street Bldg., Inc. and Rayanne Mori.

Hall & Evans, Alan Epstein and James B. Powers, Denver, for respondents Loren Newton, d/b/a M & M Transport Co. and Loren Newton.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Culpepper v. Pearl Street Building, Inc., No. 92CA0729 (Colo. App. Apr. 29, 1993), an opinion not selected for publication. We are asked to decide whether the plaintiffs, whose deceased son's body was mistakenly cremated before an autopsy could be performed, suffered a compensable injury.

The trial court granted the summary judgment motion...

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