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Stonecipher v. Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 25, 1997
238 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

April 25, 1997

Present — Denman, P.J., Pine, Callahan, Boehm and Fallon, JJ.


Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint, in which plaintiff seeks damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress arising out of the failure of defendant to inform plaintiff when her father was buried. Plaintiff does not allege that defendant promised to inform her of the date of the burial or that plaintiff requested that defendant do so. Plaintiff's cause of action does not fall within any recognized exception to the general rule that a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress must be premised upon "conduct that unreasonably endangers the plaintiff's physical safety" ( Losquadro v. Winthrop Univ. Hosp., 216 A.D.2d 533, 534; see, Glendora v. Gallicano, 206 A.D.2d 456; cf., Lando v. State of New York, 39 N.Y.2d 803; Johnson v. State of New York, 37 N.Y.2d 378). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Murphy, J. — Dismiss Complaint.)


Summaries of

Stonecipher v. Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 25, 1997
238 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Stonecipher v. Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home

Case Details

Full title:CHERRY STONECIPHER, Individually and as Executrix of DONALD COFFIE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Apr 25, 1997

Citations

238 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
661 N.Y.S.2d 143

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