The Nassau County Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Freiman v. County of Nassau dismissing plaintiff’s complaint and granting summary judgment to the defendants.  Plaintiff alleged that an autopsy was performed in violation of the decedent’s religious beliefs.  According to the decision, the defendants established that the Medical Examiner had performed a toxicology screening by extracting blood and fluids by way of a needle, without making an incision, a procedure that the decedent’s spouse had consented to when she requested that the Medical Examiner forego an autopsy.

We’ve also added a link to the case on our Decisions of Interest page, which we plan to update regularly as we come across decisions to share.