WOFFORD v. M.J. EDWARDS & SONS FUNERAL HOME

No. W2015-02377-COA-R3-CV.

528 S.W.3d 524 (2017)

Akilah Louise WOFFORD, et al. v. M.J. EDWARDS & SONS FUNERAL HOME INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, AT JACKSON.

FILED March 29, 2017.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court August 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Cassidy , R. Scott Vincent , and, Steve N. Snyder , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, N.H. Owens & Son Funeral Home, Inc.

John R. Branson and Jacob A. Dickerson , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home, Inc., M.J. Edwards-Whitehaven Chapel, Inc. d/b/a M.J. Edwards Whitehaven Funeral Chapel, and M.J. Edwards Hillside Chapel, Inc. d/b/a M.J. Edwards Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel.

Andrew H. Owens , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Millington Funeral Home, Inc.

David J. Cocke , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home, Inc.

Albert G. McLean and Kevin D. Bernstein , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Christian Funeral Directors, Inc.

Richard Sorin and R. Scott McCullough , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, James E. Herndon, III individually and d/b/a J.E. Herndon Funeral Home, LLC; R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home, LLC and J.A. Lofties Funeral Home and James F. Lofties.

Garrett M. Estep , Memphis, Tennessee, and, Jason A. Lee , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Harrison's Funeral Home, Inc.

Dawn Davis Carson , Russell B. Jordan , and, Hal S. (Hank) Spragins, Jr. , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, SLS, LLC d/b/a Superior Funeral Home Hollywood Chapel.

Robert A. Talley , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Preston Jefferson, Individually and d/b/a Jefferson Mortuary.

Kathryn E. Barnett , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Akilah Louise Wofford.


OPINION

This appeal arises from the certification of a class. Numerous individuals ("Plaintiffs"), some next of kin and some who had contracted for funerals of loved ones, filed suit against certain funeral...

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