California Court of Appeal

In case arising from decedent's decision to donate his body to the medical school at U.C. Irvine, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiff widow's claim that defendant breached contractual and legal duties to her when UCI failed to keep track of her husband's body, failed to contact her before disposing of his remains, and mishandled or otherwise treated his body in a disrespectful manner while using it for purposes other than teaching or scientific research.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/23/2007
• Published 05/23/2007

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mahoney & Soll, Paul M. Mahoney and Richard A. Soll, Claremont, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marlin & Saltzman, Louis M. Marlin and Dale A. Anderson, Irvine, for Defendant and Respondent.