Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2009

Breneman v. Stonemor Operating LLC

Breneman v. Stonemor Operating LLC
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 5, 2009
603 Pa. 149; 982 A.2d 1225; 2009 Pa. LEXIS 2351

Breneman v. Stonemor Operating LLC

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 5th day of November, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, reframed for clai'ity, is:

Whether this Court should adopt Section 868 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts, permitting recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress resulting from the mishandling of a family member’s corpse?

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