context: Ms. Liles specifically testified that she was upset by the fact that her mother's organs had been incinerated and that they had been mixed with trash. In light of this evidence regarding the Hospital's conduct, we cannot say that the trial court erred in submitting this limited issue to the jury.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 136 So.3d 651, 651
citation_a.parenthetical: " 'If there are conflicts in the evidence or different reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence, the issue is factual and should be submitted to the jury.'" (quoting Sims, 898 So.2d at 1005
citation_a.sentence: See Hoy, 136 So.3d at 651 (“ ‘If there are conflicts in the evidence or different reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence, the issue is factual and should be submitted to the jury.’” (quoting Sims, 898 So.2d at 1005)); Smith v. Telophase Nat’l Cremation Soc’y, Inc., 471 So.2d 163, 166 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985) (affirming denial of crematorium’s motion for directed verdict in case where jury found that crematorium committed tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress when it gave deceased’s widow another person’s ashes and scattered deceased’s ashes at sea against his wishes; “it [is] within the province of the jury to find that the facts, and the proper inferences from the facts, establish that [crematorium’s] conduct was extreme and outrageous”); see also Williams v. City of Minneola, 575 So.2d 683, 691 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991) (recognizing that “our society ... shows a particular solicitude for the emotional vulnerability of survivors regarding improper behavior toward” their dead loved one and that in such cases, “behavior which in other circumstances might be merely insulting, frivolous, or careless becomes indecent, outrageous[,] and intolerable”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 575 So.2d 683, 691
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing that "our society ... shows a particular solicitude for the emotional vulnerability of survivors regarding improper behavior toward" their dead loved one and that in such cases, "behavior which in other circumstances might be merely insulting, frivolous, or careless becomes indecent, outrageous[,] and intolerable"
citation_b.sentence: See Hoy, 136 So.3d at 651 (“ ‘If there are conflicts in the evidence or different reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence, the issue is factual and should be submitted to the jury.’” (quoting Sims, 898 So.2d at 1005)); Smith v. Telophase Nat’l Cremation Soc’y, Inc., 471 So.2d 163, 166 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985) (affirming denial of crematorium’s motion for directed verdict in case where jury found that crematorium committed tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress when it gave deceased’s widow another person’s ashes and scattered deceased’s ashes at sea against his wishes; “it [is] within the province of the jury to find that the facts, and the proper inferences from the facts, establish that [crematorium’s] conduct was extreme and outrageous”); see also Williams v. City of Minneola, 575 So.2d 683, 691 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991) (recognizing that “our society ... shows a particular solicitude for the emotional vulnerability of survivors regarding improper behavior toward” their dead loved one and that in such cases, “behavior which in other circumstances might be merely insulting, frivolous, or careless becomes indecent, outrageous[,] and intolerable”).