New York, New York partners Paul Karp and Judy Selmeci obtained the Appellate Division, Second Department’s affirmance of a dismissal . Paul filed the motion in the underlying case and Judy handled the appeal. In the underlying suit, parents of a stillborn child claimed the autopsy performed exceeded the scope of their consent, maintaining they did not authorize removal of any of the baby’s organs during the examination. The parents claimed they signed consent forms for the autopsy only after receiving verbal assurances that the baby’s organs would not be removed, but the limitation was never reduced to writing nor added to the signed consent form. Organs were removed and the parents sued the hospital. The case was dismissed by the trial court citing Shipley v. City of New York, 25 N.Y.3d 645 (2015) , which holds that when a medical examiner performs a statutorily authorized autopsy and does not return some of the organs with the body, the next of kin have no cause of action for loss of sepulcher. The Appellate Division agreed with the trial court’s dismissal, flatly rejecting the parents’ argument that a verbal agreement as to the scope of the autopsy negated the written authorization given by the parents.