Posts tagged Funeral Home

• Michigan Consumers Duped by Pre-Paid Funeral Scam

  David Mittleman | December 06, 2009 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Florence Muto opted to pre-pay for her funeral so that when she dies her family won’t be left with a hefty funeral bill while grieving her departure. While this was a thoughtful move on...

• ‘Plot Turnover’ in Famous Chicago Cemetery Leads to Felony Charges

  Clayton Kent | July 09, 2009 8:12 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  At the Burr Oak Cemetery in the southern suburbs of Chicago, lay the remains of a number of prominent figures from the African-American Community. It is also the site where four cemetery workers...

• Another Judge in Texas Indicted

  Steve Lombardi | June 25, 2009 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Ever wonder how Judges get in the news? Watch this video tape that the news reports is a Texas State Court Judge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Xxasf2alE He was allegedly indicted last...

• Settlement Reached in Case of Michigan Body Dumped in Landfill

  Clayton Kent | June 22, 2009 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If losing a family member was not already traumatic enough, imagine the nightmare of having the body of your loved one disappear from the funeral home you have entrusted with the remains. Worse yet,...

• Funeral Home Company Accused of Abusing Corpses

  Beth Janicek | April 27, 2009 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Virginia funeral home is being sued by the family of a deceased Army veteran for mishandling the man’s body. The family claims that the body was left in an unrefrigerated garage for...

• Mishandling A Corpse

  Rob McKinney | July 29, 2008 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Tennessee Court of Appeals has recently released a decision in a case involving the mishandling of a corpse. I do not see this type of case in my practice on a routine basis, so I...

• Funeral Directors Charged in Human Chop Shop Case

  Clayton Kent | October 09, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Three funeral directors in Philadelphia were charged last week with the illegal taking and selling of body parts. Bones, skin, tendons and spines were taken from bodies without the permission of the families, and most of the "donors" were not suitable due to their age, physical condition, or because of disease. Once the body parts were taken, the bodies were then sent for cremation. The...

• Abby Mortuary Funeral Director Loses License

  Clayton Kent | August 31, 2007 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I have previously written about the allegations against and conduct of the funeral director of Abby Mortuary in Rohnert Park, California. As you may recall, this was the incident where the mortuary was storing bodies in a rented warehouse, and, in some cases, storing them without refrigeration. The State Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, which regulates funeral directors, mortuaries, embalmers, and...

• Funeral Home Violations: Cemetery Owner Accused of Embezzling Funds

  Laura Blatt | July 12, 2007 12:55 AM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The owner of Forest Hill cemeteries in Memphis, Clayton Smart, allegedly embezzled millions from families who purchased pre-paid funeral policies, according to charges filed by the state. Mr. Smart is also accused of making off with $70 million in funeral home trust funds in Michigan. Mr. Smart appeared before Tennessee Chancery Court Judge Arnold Goldin this week. He was held in contempt of...

• Louisville Funeral Director Charged with Improperly Storing Body

  Laura Blatt | June 06, 2007 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Former Louisville funeral director Nathaniel Anderson has his troubles. Although his license was suspended in 2006, he was arrested last February for storing a corpse without refrigeration at his business, Anderson Funeral Services. A customer identified the deceased as her mother, and said that the body was supposed to have been cremated, according to Channel 32 News, WLKY, in...