California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Andelson v. Neptune Mgmt. Corp., B271564 (Cal. App. 2018):
Nor has plaintiff raised a genuine issue of material fact to support defendants' liability for breach of fiduciary duty. Insofar as a provider of cremation services might owe a fiduciary duty to a decedent's family member, that duty would be limited to "properly prepar[ing] and dispos[ing] of [the decedent's] remains." (Wilson v. Houston Funeral Home (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 1124, 1140.) Plaintiff does not claim defendants improperly prepared Father's remains, and we have concluded they transferred those remains for disposal in accordance with applicable law. It follows that there can be no merit to plaintiff's fiduciary duty cause of action.
3. Fraud cause of action
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