New Jersey household sues funeral properties for $50M for burying unsuitable physique

A New Jersey household claiming to have been dealt a morbid shock final 12 months after almost burying the unsuitable individual resulting from a mix-up is now searching for a whopping $50 million for his or her anguish.

Moments earlier than kinfolk of Kyung Ja Kim, who died on the age of 93, have been set to put the casket within the floor, her daughter requested to see her mom one final time and knew immediately that one thing was awry.

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“When she opened the casket, I advised them, ‘This isn't my mother.’ And he or she didn’t say any phrase about it. She was a lot youthful trying,” the daughter, Kummi Kim, stated, per News 12. "The final reminiscence of her was very painful and disturbing and horrible."

The hair and clothes have been what was anticipated, however the corpse was clearly not her mom's, Kummi Kim defined. When she inquired about whether or not there had been a mix-up, the funeral director allegedly shrugged off considerations and insisted that individuals have a distinct aesthetic after their loss of life.

The funeral director initially "responded with a really clear expression of denial and dismay over the query as if Plaintiff Kummi didn't respect a distinct look after loss of life," the lawsuit says, in accordance with NBC News.

After closing the casket, the burial service proceeded, and the household was poised to bury the casket. However then, the funeral director offered Kummi Kim with a photograph of a deceased girl on the funeral dwelling, asking if it confirmed her mom, Kummi Kim recalled.

“She got here to me and confirmed an image. ‘That is the girl on the funeral dwelling. Is that this your mother?’ And I collapsed,” Kummi Kim advised News 12. “She ran away with out saying any phrase about why she was taking the casket out.”

When Kummi Kim confirmed the picture was certainly her mom, the funeral director then known as off the burial and ordered the casket introduced again to the funeral dwelling, she advised News 12. One other Korean girl named Kim had been wrongly positioned contained in the casket initially dropped at the funeral, in accordance with the lawsuit. The Washington Examiner reached out to a consultant for the Blackley and Central funeral properties for remark.

The household filed a lawsuit towards the funeral properties on Monday for breach of contract and emotional misery and hope the lawsuit will forestall comparable mishaps sooner or later.

Kyung Ja Kim died Nov. 10, 2021, and the funeral was held on Nov. 13, per NBC. If the Kim household succeeds within the lawsuit, they plan to donate proceedings to Kyung Ja Kim's church, Promise Church in Leonia, Kummi Kim advised News 12.