Johnson v. Woman's Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming judgment against hospital for breach of burial contract resulting in mental anguish
• displaying plaintiff’s deceased infant to her inside a jar of formaldehyde
• “Under the contract theory of the case punitive damages are not allowable . . . .”
• damages for mental anguish not recoverable in contract action, with exception in cases for burial or embalmment of a body
• “The general rule is that punitive damages are not recoverable in a contract action and neither are damages for mental anguish[.]”
• “The general rule is that punitive damages are not recoverable in a contract action and neither are damages for mental anguish[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).