SEE: Funeral home sent the wrong body to the grave!
A mistake that has caused a lot of pain...
Bidding farewell to a loved one is by no means something we wish on anyone. Death is something that deserves the most sensitive of dealings.
This is why most families turn to funeral homes and entrust them with the duty of preparing everything for the funeral.
But this was far from the truth with a funeral home in New Jersey.
"After an open-coffin funeral at their mother’s church, the children of Kyung Ja Kim gathered around a cemetery to see her laid to rest. As the casket was lowered into the grave, the funeral director suddenly interjected, ordering the cemetery employees to lift it back out and return it to the hearse." (MSN)
It was then discovered that the funeral home had, in fact, made a big blunder. They had prepared the body of another woman who shared the same last name as the deceased in question.
They went as far as using clothes and dentures of 93-year-old Kyung Ja Kim. Now the confusing part for us is how did things change from the church to the cemetery?
This mistake has now resulted in a $50-million (about R840m) lawsuit filed against the funeral home.
"Kim's three children and son-in-law allege in the suit that Central Funeral Home of New Jersey, which operates the Blackley Funeral Home in Ridgefield, New Jersey, was negligent and careless in putting the wrong body into their mother's casket last November, exacerbating their grief and emotional distress." (MSN)
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