Local News in Brief : Cryonic Suit Filed Against the State
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An organization that freezes the bodies of the dead in hopes that they may be revived in the future filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against state health officials.
The lawsuit was filed by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Riverside and an unidentified Los Angeles man who said the state will not issue the permit necessary for him to have his body placed in so-called cryonic suspension after his death.
The suit seeks to have David W. Mitchell, head of the state registrar’s office, and Kenneth W. Kizer, director of state health services, issue such a permit at the time of the man’s legal death. Permits for the disposal of human remains are issued by the registrar and administered by health services.
Current state laws do not authorize cryonic facilities such as Alcor to store human remains, a state spokesman said.
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