Litigation
Aug. 2, 2007
Family Can't Sue Over Corpse's Decay
Eugene Perryman's family was devastated when the 66-year-old retiree became the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting outside his Los Angeles home. But the grief was compounded, relatives said, when they picked up his body a week later from the Los Angeles County coroner's office and found it had decomposed beyond recognition.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Eugene Perryman's family was devastated when the 66-year-old retiree became the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting outside his Los Angeles home.
But the grief was compounded, relatives said, when they picked up his body a week later from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office and found it had decomposed beyond recognition.
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