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SCI TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICES, INC. v. NELSON

No. 16-0297.

540 S.W.3d 539 (2018)

SCI TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, v. Cody NELSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: February 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dava Greenberg-Spindler , Morgan A. McPheeters , John R. Howie, Jr. , Kirk L. Pittard , F. Leighton Durham, III , Peter M. Kelly , for Cody Nelson.

David C. Schulte , Richard B. Phillips, Jr. , for SCI Texas Funeral Services, Inc.

At common law, a decedent's close surviving family members had a quasi-property right in the decedent's remains, supporting the recovery of mental anguish damages for mishandling the corpse.1 Over time, we have reviewed...

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