Two Virginia widows are suing for the way businesses have handled remains of their husbands.
A Chesapeake woman claims she experienced nightmares and panic attacks after finding another decedent in her husband’s casket when she arrived for a viewing last April. Candace Wagner said the viewing for the late James “Jim” Wagner was delayed for two hours while a funeral home straightened out the mix-up, according her lawsuit.
The funeral home was hit with two lawsuits over the incident, from both Candace and son Nathan Wagner, according to The Virginian-Pilot. Each suit seeks $850,000.
A Culpeper widow claims her deceased husband has been kept from his final resting place for eight years by a cemetery’s failure to prepare a proper mausoleum.
The remains of noted Culpeper surgeon Grahame Henson have been “warehoused in a temporary unsealed, unmarked crypt,” according to his widow, June.
June Henson claims in her suit that the mausoleum she has been paying for has a flawed foundation. She says repairs have been inadequate, and – accordingly – she stopped making payments.
The cemetery has filed a counterclaim, reports The Free Lance-Star.
Source: http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2013/03/25/grieving-family-members-sue-over-handling-of-bodies/
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