Lawsuit accuses Dignity Health and off-site morgue of mishandling remains, violating family consent, and delaying death notification
The family of a Sacramento Black woman is suing Dignity Health and an off-site morgue after discovering that her organs were harvested without their permission, although she was not registered as an organ donor.
Tonya Walker, 51, died on November 2, 2023, at Mercy General Hospital, operated by Dignity Health. But her family says they were never notified of her death, and instead spent months searching for her as a missing person while her body was quietly transferred to a contracted morgue facility…