Tag: New York Court of Appeals
A New York State appeals court ruled Wednesday that coroners are not required to give organs back to the family of the deceased for burial after an autopsy, and are not even required to tell the family that the organs have been removed, the New York Daily News reports. The ruling is a response to […]
Until this week, communicating “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm” was a felony in New York. On Tuesday, the state Court of Appeals struck that statute down. Ron Kuby had some choice words about the decision. The New York Times explains: The ruling, rendered by the Court of Appeals in Albany in a near-unanimous […]
