Second family sues New York funeral home, claiming wrong body was sent for burial in Guatemala
A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that a New York funeral home sent the wrong body for burial in Guatemala last year.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that a New York funeral home sent the wrong body for burial in Guatemala last year.
The family of Elder Emilio Garcia Umul claims in the lawsuit against Rivera Funeral Home that the funeral home sent the body of a 96-year-old woman instead of that of Garcia Umul, who was 39.
The family discovered the error while it was watching a livestream of the funeral service held in Guatemala in May, according to a news release announcing the suit.
“I think what they did was unforgivable,” Leonor Valente, the mother of Garcia Umul’s children, told NBC New York. “It took a lot for me to say goodbye to him, only to realize I wasn’t even saying goodbye to him — it was someone else.”
It’s the second time Rivera Funeral Home has been sued for the alleged mistaken delivery since October. The same firm filed both lawsuits.
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