Hovis v. City of Burns

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• holding that plaintiff had a cause of action of mental distress because of the wrongful disinterment of husband’s body
• holding that plaintiff had a cause of action of mental distress because of the wrongful disinterment of husband's body
• allowing claim for emotional damages on the basis of infringement of right of a surviving spouse to have the remains of a deceased spouse undisturbed
• allowing claim for emotional damages on the basis of infringement of right of a surviving spouse to have the remains of a deceased spouse undisturbed
• interest in avoiding emotional distress that arises when a defendant negligently handles a spouse's remains
• right to have the remains of a deceased spouse remain undisturbed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).