US EditionFuneral home sued after giving family the wrong corpse
- A Compton family is suing Harrison-Ross Mortuary after workers mistakenly gave them the wrong corpse for their 80-year-old uncle in 2025.
- The mistake happened when the mortuary confused the uncle’s remains with someone else’s and placed the wrong deceased person in his attire, causing the family to see an incorrect individual.
- Niece Amentha Hunt noticed the mistake when she returned to view her uncle and said, “That’s not my uncle,” but a worker dismissed her concerns and insisted it was the correct body.
- Hunt and her family endured a three-hour delay while the funeral home resolved the error before they were able to bury her uncle, and she said she is still troubled by seeing another person dressed in the suit she had chosen for him.
- Harrison-Ross Mortuary has rejected the allegations and is planning to send a cease-and-desist letter to Hunt, while attorney Elvis Tran stated that the issue stems from a failure to uphold basic care standards.
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Family 'find wrong man in loved one's casket wearing his suit'
Otis Adkinson’s niece allegedly visited his coffin and found another body inside (Picture: Local 12 WKRC) A family claim a funeral home put the wrong man in their loved one’s coffin and dressed the body up in their dead relative’s suit. The family of Otis Adkinson, 80, are suing Harrison-Ross Mortuary in Compton, California, for the alleged corpse mix-up. They even accuse a worker at the funeral home of dismissing their complaints and trying to …
Woman Claims Funeral Home Put the 'Wrong Corpse' in Her Uncle’s Suit and Casket — and Tried to Deny the Mistake
Amentha Hunt and her aunt are suing Harrison-Ross Mortuary for the alleged mix-up, though the business denies the allegationsLocal 12/YouTube Amentha HuntAmentha Hunt claims that when she attended her late uncle's viewing in April, she found a stranger in his suit and casket instead of himAlong with her uncle's wife, Hunt is now suing Harrison-Ross Mortuary for the mix-up, which she claims staff tried to deny, requiring her to show photos to con…
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