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Category Archives: Complaints about funeral homes
Another family sues B.C. funeral home, alleging mother cremated before memorial service
Another B.C. family is suing a funeral home, alleging their 90-year-old mother was cremated against the family’s wishes before they could say goodbye at a memorial service and before an autopsy could be performed. The civil lawsuit was filed last … Continue reading
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Family plans to sue Surrey funeral home after burial mix-up
An anguished and frustrated family is planning to sue the Valley View Funeral Home in Surrey, B.C., for a burial mix-up involving their grandmother, who was buried in a less expensive casket than the $4,000 oak casket that she had … Continue reading
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Seattle area family sues SCI funeral home for horrible mistakes
A Seattle area family has launched a lawsuit against Texas-based funeral giant Service Corp. International (SCI), for the alleged horrible mistakes made at a funeral home owned by SCI. A story aired tonight on KIRO TV news about the lawsuit … Continue reading
Eden Memorial Park cemetery sued again over allegations of disturbed remains
A large Jewish cemetery in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles named Eden Memorial Park is facing a new lawsuit containing allegations of disturbed remains from graves. It is the second multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the cemetery, which is owned … Continue reading
George Westwood, Haida Gwaii man, forced to stop unlicensed funeral services
After a complaint about a Haida Gwaii man performing funeral services without a licence, Consumer Protection BC sent George Westwood a letter, informing him how he could become licenced. Consumer Protection BC oversees the funeral industry in the province of … Continue reading
Funeral Consumers Alliance writes about Haliburton family lawsuit
A blog by the Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA), a non-profit group that is a funeral consumers watchdog in the U.S., mentioned the lawsuit recently filed by the Haliburton family in Vancouver, Canada, concerning a funeral home incident involving their 95-year-old … Continue reading
Haliburton family files lawsuit over mother’s body being removed from morgue without permission
We have filed a lawsuit against a funeral home and its parent company for removing the body of our 95-year-old mother, Holly Haliburton, from the morgue of St. Paul’s Hospital without our permission. The hospital and its board, Providence Health … Continue reading
Funeral consumers have the right to ask for a price list
Consumers have the right to ask for a price list from a funeral home. If the funeral home doesn’t provide one when requested, they are in violation of regulations of the B.C. Consumer Protection Branch. If a funeral home fails … Continue reading
SCI settles L.A. class-action lawsuit for an estimated $80 million
A class-action lawsuit against Texas-based Service Corporation International has been settled for an estimated $80 million, ending a jury trial in Los Angeles that alleged the Eden Memorial Park cemetery had disturbed hundreds of graves to fit more in. The … Continue reading
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