Family Sues Funeral Home After Receiving Wrong Body in Casket

Unspeakable Grief and a Shocking Discovery

• 💔 A family's grief over the sudden death of a 39-year-old man, Elmer Anu, was compounded by a horrific body mix-up.
• ✈️ The funeral home, Rivera, owned by RG Ortiz Funeral Homes, was tasked with transporting Elmer's body to Guatemala for his funeral.
• 📺 During a live stream of the funeral, Elmer's family was horrified to discover the body in the casket was not his, but that of a 96-year-old woman, Carmen Maldonado.

Legal Action and Past Incidents

• ⚖️ Both Elmer Anu's family and Carmen Maldonado's family are now filing a lawsuit against Ortiz Funeral Homes.
• ⚠️ This is not the first incident; the funeral home has faced numerous other accusations of body mix-ups and mishandling of corpses over the years.
• 💰 The city previously filed a claim against Ortiz, resulting in over $700,000 being collected, yet plaintiffs question what it will take to shut the establishment down.

Funeral Home's Business Practices and Future

• 📈 Ortiz Funeral Homes reportedly caters to a high volume of clients with limited financial options, which may contribute to the errors.
• 🗣️ The funeral home declined to comment on the latest complaint, which is one of about 10 from the same law firm.
• 💸 Lawyers are now hoping for a settlement in the millions for the families affected by this latest egregious mistake.