Hang v. Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• involving the premature cremation of a family member’s body before his viewing and funeral and post-cremation processing of the remains that removed bone fragments necessary for religious rituals
• involving the premature cremation of a family member’s body before his viewing and funeral and post-cremation processing of the remains that removed bone fragments necessary for religious rituals
• “where the defendant’s conduct is malicious, wilful, or wanton, recovery can be had without the necessity of an impact”
• properly outlines impact rule and then states without citation of authority: “A party claiming negligent infliction of emotional distress must therefore show a physical impact resulting in physical injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).