TURNER v. OWENS FUNERAL HOME, INC.

1602, 20229/12E.

140 A.D.3d 632 (2016)

36 N.Y.S.3d 90

2016 NY Slip Op 05092

SHATIMA TURNER et al., Appellants, v. OWENS FUNERAL HOME, INC., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided June 28, 2016.


Plaintiffs assert claims in connection with the alleged mishandling of the remains of their relative, James Turner, against the funeral home that took possession of the decedent's body and two of its employees, as well as the hospital in which the decedent died.

Plaintiffs' motion for a default judgment against Cleckley was properly denied because Cleckley was never properly served, and thus his obligation to respond was never triggered. Plaintiffs failed to meet...

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