Showing posts with label Autopsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autopsy. Show all posts
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Court Enjoins Autopsy In Suit By Inmate Facing Execution

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In Smith v. Li ,  (MD TN, April 20, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court, in a RLUIPA suit by an inmate about to be executed, enjoined ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Bodies of Pittsburgh Shooting Victims Handled According To Religious Law

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The New York Times reported yesterday on the arrangements at the scene of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre to assure that bodies of the vi...
Friday, May 18, 2018

England's Chief Coroner Gives Guidance On Rapid Release of Bodies For Religious Reasons

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As previously reported, in England last month a court held unlawful the policy of a London Coroner to categorically refuse to give priority ...
Monday, April 30, 2018

British Court Gives Coroners Guide On Prioritizing Release of Bodies For Religious Reasons

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In  Adath Yisroel Burial Society v. HM Senior Coroner For Inner North London ,   (EWHC, April 27, 2018), a 2-judge panel in England's Hi...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Medical Examiner Need Not Wait To See If Religious Objection To Autopsy Is Made

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In Rugova v. City of New York ,  (NY App. Div., Sept. 8, 2015), a New York intermediate appellate court held that the trier of fact should d...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

British Judge Says Coroner Must Try To Accommodate Religious Objection To Invasive Autopsy

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In Britain yesterday, a High Court judge ruled that a coroner acted improperly in rejecting a request by a Jewish family that a non-invasive...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill Providing For Religious Objection To Autopsy

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The Minnesota legislature last Saturday gave final passage  to SF 1694 ( full text ) providing a right to object on religious grounds a medi...
Sunday, April 06, 2014

Autopsy Did Not Violate 1st Amendment Rights of Accident Victim

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Keller v. Finks ,  (CD IL, March 31, 2014), is a lawsuit growing out of the death of Melissa Keller who was a passenger in a vehicle that st...