In Mobile (state of Alabama) the daughter of a woman whose cremated remains were lost funeral homes, will receive $12 million. This is the decision of the court of assize, held 8 years after the death of the mother of the plaintiff.
Mother Shelly hood, Cecil Howard Taylor Gardner, died in March 2011. Cremation women engaged in local funeral home under the name of Pine Crest Funeral Home.
When Shelley hood had come for the ashes of his mother, she was told that it can’t find, but will do it.
According to court documents, the management of the funeral home promised to find cremated remains for several years! Only in December 2016, the General Director of the company finally said Shelly hood: they have no information about where her mother’s ashes.
In March 2017, the woman filed a civil suit. The jury’s decision was announced the family of the deceased on Monday, March 11.
The jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff. The Bureau accused of negligence and breach of contract. Shelly hood has appointed a mediator to resolve the process of paying the announced amount.
«It was a matter that the funeral home does not respect dignity of the deceased person, the lawyer said Shelly hood, Donald Knowlton. — I was honored to help this family find justice».
Pine Crest Funeral Home owned by Service Corporation International (SCI), a leading provider of funeral services in North America. In SCI are approximately 24 thousand people in his charge more than 2000 funeral homes and cemeteries.
