1. * New York CPLR § 3018(b) and Other Standard Defenses
2. Abuse of Process
3. Account Stated
4. Accountant Malpractice
5. Accounting
6. Assault
7. Battery
8. Breach Anticipatory
9. Breach of Contract – Implied In Fact
10. Breach of Contract – Implied In Law
11. Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, Aiding And Abetting
12. Breach of Joint Venture Agreement
13. Breach of Promissory Note
14. Breach: 01. Breach of Contract
15. Breach: 02. Breach of Third-Party Beneficiary Contract
16. Breach: 03. Breach Implied Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing
17. Breach: 04. Breach of Express Warranty
18. Breach: 05. Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability
19. Breach: 06. Breach of Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose
20. Breach: 07. Breach of Fiduciary Duty
21. Civil Conspiracy
22. Contracting With Minors/Infants
23. Contribution
24. Conversion
25. Copyright Infringement
26. Custodial Interference
27. Declaratory Judgment
28. Defamation By Implication
29. Defamation Libel
30. Defamation Per Se
31. Defamation Product Disparagement
32. Defamation Slander
33. Dog Bite Liability
34. Emotional Distress, Intentional Infliction
35. Emotional Distress, Negligent Infliction
36. Estoppel, Equitable
37. Estoppel, Promissory
38. False Advertisement
39. False Imprisonment
40. Fraud
41. Fraud – Constructive
42. Fraud – Fraudulent Inducement
43. Fraud – Negligent Misrepresentation
44. Fraud, Aiding And Abetting
45. Fraudulent Concealment By Fiduciary
46. Fraudulent Misrepresentatione
47. Goods Sold And Delivered
48. Indemnification
49. Injurious Falsehood
50. Insurance – Bad Faith
51. Intentional Or Malicious Harm To Another Person (Prima Facie Tort)
52. Invasion of Privacy – Improper Use Name, Picture or Likeness
53. Inverse Condemnation
54. Labor Law 240
55. Labor Law 241
56. Legal Malpractice
57. Loss of Consortium
58. Loss of Sepulcher
59. Malicious Prosecution
60. Money Lent
61. Negligence
62. Negligence – Fall Down
63. Negligence – Retention
64. Negligence – Spoliation
65. Negligence: Stillbirth
66. Negligent Entrustment of Motor Vehicle
67. Negligent Security
68. Negligent Supervision
69. Negotiable Instrument
70. New York State Disclaimer Statute
71. New York State Prompt Pay Act
72. Parental Liability
73. Prima Facie Tort
74. Private Nuisance
75. Public Nuisance
76. Quantum Meruit
77. Rescission
78. Right of Sepulcher
79. Slander of Title
80. Specific Performance
81. Strict Liability Design Defect
82. Strict Liability Failure to Warn
83. Strict Liability – Manufacturing Defect
84. Subrogation, Equitable
85. Tortious Interference: 1. With Advantageous Business Relationship
86. Tortious Interference: 2. With a Contractual Right
87. Trespass
88. Trust, Constructive
89. Trust, Resulting
90. Unfair Competition
91. Unfair Competition – Copyright Infringement
92. Unfair Competition – Trade Dress Infringement
93. Unjust Enrichment
94. Usury
95. Wrongful Birth
96. Wrongful Death

Right of Sepulcher

1Elements and Case Citations

  1. The plaintiff is the decedent's next of kin;
  2. The plaintiff had a right to possession of the remains;
  3. The defendant interfered with the plaintiff's right to immediate possession of the decedent's body, or improperly dealt with the decedent’s body;
  4. The interference was unauthorized;
  5. Plaintiff was aware of the interference; and

The interference caused the plaintiff mental anguish, which is generally presumed.

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