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Court directed a verdict for the Defendants on the tortuous interference with a dead body claim. The jury returned a verdict on the remaining counts in favor of Defendants finding no negligence.

Plaintiff’s parents have been entombed in side by side crypts at Eternal Light since 1999. Plaintiff alleged that on October 16, 2006, she attended the funeral of a family member at Eternal Light and while she was there, she went to the mausoleum where her parents are entombed to visit their crypts. Plaintiff alleged that she visited her parents’ crypts on a regular basis prior to the incident. On October 16, 2006 she found that another name was written on the crypt cover where her father’s name was previously located. Plaintiff alleged that her father’s body had been moved from the crypt where he was entombed in 1999. Defendants admitted that a mistake had occurred with the inscription. Neither the crypt seal nor the casket had any identification on them. DNA testing could not be performed due to Jewish law.  Verdict Rendered March 6, 2009. Read More