WHITTIER (CBS) — The family of a woman who was mistakenly buried in another woman’s cemetery plot has filed suit Wednesday against Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary.
The family of Mercedes Rodriguez says she left specific wishes: a closed casket funeral and internment above ground in her hometown in Nicaragua. Instead, Rodriguez was placed in an open casket, dressed in another woman’s clothing and buried in that woman’s cemetery plot, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The Rodriguez family’s lawsuit against Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary claims the funeral home confused her with another woman and is seeking pain and suffering and punitive damages.
