It is painfully surprising to learn of malpractice and negligence following the death of a loved one. At a time when family is looking for peace and closure, it may be doubly distressing to learn that your loved one was not treated with respect.
Funeral homes, cemeteries and hospitals that display incompetence or greed can be held accountable for malpractice, and you could seek both real and punitive damages.
Contact Dunham & Jones for additional information and a review of your situation. We are ready to listen to you.
Types of funeral home negligence or neglect:
- Embalming errors, leading to decomposition or disfigurement
- Improper storage of the body
- Cremating the wrong body
- Mixing creation remains
- Theft of personal items, including gold teeth
- Cremating without permission
- Misplacing a corpse
- Using defective caskets
- Presenting the wrong body to family
- Theft of body parts, especially organs
- Overcharging for services
- Charging for services not provided
- Burying a body in the wrong cemetery plot
- Moving a body after a burial ceremony
- Failing to maintain a grave site