Whyte v. Regents
This case arises from Marie Whytes decision to donate her body to the medical school at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), upon her death in July 1998, pursuant to a body donation agreement (Donation Agreement) she executed in 1993. The Donation Agreement did not require UCI to return Maries body to her relatives or other persons after scientific use, but instead assigned UCI responsibility for final disposition of [her] body . . . in accordance with the State Code. Following media reports in September 1999 concerning problems in UCIs Willed Body Program (WBP), Maries son, James Whyte, and his wife, Pamela Whyte, separately sued the Regents of the University of California (Regents) on a number of different theories. The trial court consolidated the couples cases, along with similar pending actions against the Regents, and James and Pamela each appeal from aspects of the trial courts entry of judgment after sustaining demurrers to some of their causes of action and granting summary judgment on others. The judgment is affirmed.
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