Does a coroner have a duty to provide a proper post mortem examination to a deceased's widow?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Davila v. County of Los Angeles, 50 Cal.App.4th 137, 57 Cal.Rptr.2d 651 (Cal. App. 1996):
2 Division Five nevertheless concluded that because the coroner "undertook to assist" the widow, he had assumed a duty to do so in a reasonably diligent manner. (Bock v. County of Los Angeles, supra, 150 Cal.App.3d at pp. 71-72, 197 Cal.Rptr. 470.)
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