Negligence at Funeral Home: Tragic Incident Leaves Body Damaged – $1 Million Lawsuit

2023-09-26 09:56:52

The employees of the funeral home outsourced the work, causing most of them to have “heads dented.” (Image/Pixabay)

A bizarre negligence occurred at a funeral home in Texas, USA. After 69-year-old Juan ‘Chuco’ Mejia died of illness at home, his relatives asked Twinwood Mortuary Service to move the body to his apartment. How did they know that during the process of moving the body, their relatives The old man actually fell to the ground, causing multiple injuries to his body. The family was angry and demanded compensation of US$1 million (approximately NT$32.2 million).

According to the “Daily Mail” report, Mejia passed away at her daughter’s home in June 2021. Subsequently, Shuangmu Funeral Home sent two employees to the house to remove the body. However, Mejia’s son William (William) who was at the scene at the time found that the two A very young employee showed a reaction of “not knowing what to do with it” and offered to help move the stretcher containing his father’s body from the apartment to the hearse, but was refused.

There were obvious injuries to the head of Mejia’s body. (Picture/reproduced from Facebook)

Unexpectedly, as soon as William closed the door, he heard the sound of objects falling to the ground and continuous collisions. As soon as he opened the door, he saw one employee kneeling next to the stairs and the other kneeling on the ground. It was suspected that he had fallen from the stairs, and the two had just stood up. His father His upper body was exposed from the overturned stretcher and hit the concrete floor. He was so frightened that he immediately rushed downstairs and “crazily hugged his father’s body so that the neighbors would not see it.” He also asked employees for help after his attempt to stuff it back failed.

Although one of the employees apologized on the spot, William still made a customer complaint call afterwards, but received the reply that “everything was normal, nothing happened.” Four days later, he and his family went to the funeral home to open the coffin. William’s mother discovered that her deceased husband “had a scratch on his head.” They decided to sue the funeral home for $1 million.

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