2nd Amended Complaint Filed Against SMC Coroner Over Mishandling of Remains: Wolkoff vs. County of San Mateo Coroner's office et. al. Case No. CIV503483

OAKLAND, Calif., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, pursuant to Court Order, plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint against the San Mateo County Coroner's Office; Robert Foucrault; and DOES 1 to 25.  The Second Amended Complaint contains ten new fact allegations as well as additional violations of law.  The key allegations are that Defendant violated its own policies by not informing the parents, violated the California Attorney General's opinion on retention of tissues, violated H&S Code Section 7054.4 regarding improper disposal of remains, and Gov. Code Section 27460 – to treat remains with dignity.  

The new complaint also adds ground for tortious interference with the right to dispose of the decedent's remains and that defendants released tissues in violation of the laws of CA that those tissues be properly disposed of or released to the next of kin. 

The Wolkoffs' attorney, J. Gary Gwilliam, of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer states that in filing this Second Amended complaint:

CONTACT:  For a copy of the Second Amended Complaint or for further information please contact attorney J. Gary Gwilliam at 510-832-5411.

SOURCE The Law Firm of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer