Neptune Management Corp. v. Cemetery and Funeral Bureau

Filed 3/21/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

NEPTUNE MANAGEMENT CORP., C098037

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2022- 80003882-CU-WM-GDS) v.

CEMETERY AND FUNERAL BUREAU,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Stephen P. Acquisto, Judge. Affirmed.

Gurnee, Mason, Rushford, Bonotto & Forestiere, Steven H. Gurnee, Candace H. Shirley; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Elizabeth K. McCloskey and Winston Y. Chan for Plaintiff and Appellant.

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105 and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of part II of the Discussion.

1 Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Carl W. Sonne, Assistant Attorney General, Joshua A. Room, Armando Zambrano and Artin DerOhanian, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Bureau) cited Neptune Management Corp. (Neptune), a cremation services provider, for failing to hold in trust money Neptune received for cremation…