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DAVILA v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. B102701.

50 Cal.App.4th 137 (1996)

ROBERT DAVILA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

October 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael H. Kapland for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Nelson & Fulton, Henry Patrick Nelson and Amber A. Logan for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

The issue in this case is whether a coroner owes a duty to a decedent's children to attempt with reasonable diligence to notify the person responsible for the interment of the decedent's remains before disposing of the body. We hold that he does.

FACTS

Robert Davila and Angelina Williamson (collectively Davila) sued the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...

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