Tunica County v. Gray


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Docket Number: 2008-CA-00952-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Link
Opinion Date: 07-23-2009
Opinion Author: Lamar, J.
Holding: Reversed and Rendered
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: Waller, C.J., Carlson, P.J., Dickinson, Randolph and Pierce, JJ.
Dissenting Author : Graves, P.J., without separate written opinion.
Dissenting Author : Kitchens, J., with separate written opinion.
Dissent Joined By : Chandler, J.
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: CIVIL - OTHER
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 05-01-2008
Appealed from: TUNICA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Judge: Charles E. Webster
Disposition: The trial court found that the statute (MCA Section 41-39-5) creates an actionable duty, and that the Tunica County Board of Supervisors violated that duty by authorizing the cremation of an unclaimed body before the expiration of the statutory waiting period. The trial court awarded damages to the family of the deceased.
Case Number: 2004-0169
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Appellant: Tunica County, Mississippi




 Daniel J. Griffith



  
Appellee: CHRISTINA BELL GRAY, MILTON BELL, CHARLES C. BELL AND GARMILLIA ANN BELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE WRONGFUL DEATH HEIRS OF CLARENCE LEON BELL, DECEASED, AND THE ESTATE OF CLARENCE LEON BELL, BY AND THROUGH ITS ADMINISTRATRIX, AND RENEE DOWD Edward P. Connell, Jr.  


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