CONROY v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

No. S153002.

45 Cal.4th 1244 (2009)

EVELYN CONROY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

April 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney & Soll, Paul M. Mahoney and Richard A. Soll for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Marlin & Saltzman, Louis M. Marlin, Dale A. Anderson, Alan S. Lazar and Lynn P. Whitlock for Defendant and Respondent.

O'Melveny & Myers, Richard B. Goetz, Sabrina H. Strong and Carlos M. Lazatin for DePuy Mitek, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BAXTER, J.

The Willed Body Program at the University of California at Irvine accepts human cadavers for scientific and anatomical studies. A donation agreement is the document by which an individual wills his or her own body, or the body of a deceased loved one, to the Willed Body Program. Prior to his death, plaintiff's husband, James Conroy, executed a donation agreement with the Willed Body Program for the donation of his...

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