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Families back settlement with funeral company PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 21 September 2004
Sept 21, 2004

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. - Four elderly women testified Monday about the horror of discovering problems at two Jewish cemeteries where their relatives were buried, but they told a judge they support a $76 million settlement with Houston-based Service Corporation International and its SCI Florida subsidiary. "I couldn't believe it. This is almost like holy ground," said Joan Light, whose mother and father were not buried where they were supposed to be. "I think anybody involved with what went on should be punished — everybody."

Circuit Judge Leonard Fleet was attentive to both the emotional and financial implications of the agreement between relatives of the people buried at the Menorah Gardens cemeteries and their owner, SCI.

The hearing, which was expected to last two or three days, centers on the largest chunk of $123 million in total settlements the nation's largest funeral service company has negotiated with families and the state.

The worst complaints covered two graves that were broken open with backhoes and the bones tossed into the woods to make room for fresh burials. Frequent problems included misplaced burials in cemeteries with layouts that were too tight for casket liners and crooked rows where markers did not reflect what was underground.

Court-appointed examiner Richard Baldwin estimated 557 graves in the Broward and Palm Beach county cemeteries may require disinterment to correct mistakes and make room for burial contracts, but he thought as little as $20,000 would be needed for DNA testing.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2806014
 
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