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LIBERMAN v. RIVERSIDE CHAPEL

225 A.D.2d 283 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 194

Susan Liberman, Appellant, v. Riverside Memorial Chapel, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 5, 1996

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Daniel Chill of counsel (Elaine M. Reich and Gary S. Mayerson on the brief; Graubard Mollen Horowitz Pomeranz & Shapiro, attorneys), for appellant.

Marc Wolinsky of counsel (Michael W. Schwartz and David R. Lurie on the brief; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, attorneys), for respondent.

Sheldon Silver for Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, amicus curiae.

A. Stanley Robinson and John D. D'Ercole of counsel (Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, P. C., attorneys), for Jewish Funeral Directors of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

ELLERIN, J. P., WILLIAMS and TOM, JJ., concur.

NARDELLI, J.

Many forms of honoring and respecting the mysteries of life and death are found among the religious and nonreligious alike. "So God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis, ch 1, verse 27.) Millennia after these words were transcribed, many religions continue to hold the belief...

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