NEW YORK (PIX11) – A New York family is suing a funeral home after it mistakenly shipped the wrong body to another country instead of their loved one, according to a complaint.
The family of Elder Emilio Garcia Umul, represented by the Rizzuto Law Firm, filed the lawsuit against RG Ortiz Inc. in the New York State Supreme Court in Queens on Tuesday.
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“This is beyond a simple mistake—it’s an unconscionable breach of trust,” said Phil Rizzuto, attorney for the Garcia and Maldonado families. “It is incomprehensible how such a careless error could occur, leaving two grieving families shattered.”
Mistaken Bodies
Two separate families were using RG Ortiz Funeral Home, Inc., after the passing of their loved ones.
The Maldonado family had retained the funeral home to ship the body of their 96-year-old mother to Ecuador. Another family (Garcia) also retained the funeral home’s services to send their 39-year-old loved one to Ecuador. Instead, the funeral home somehow swapped the bodies, according to court documents…