NJ - Family sues funeral home for allegedly nearly burying wrong body in mother's casket

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N.J. family sues funeral home for $50 million, alleging it nearly buried wrong body in mother’s casket

“I feel very sad and angry that we couldn’t accomplish her final wish, that she wanted to say bye to us at the church,” said Kummi Kim, who said her mother's body was accidentally mixed up with the remains of someone around 20 years younger.

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A New Jersey family is suing a funeral home for $50 million after they say they nearly buried the wrong person due to a devastating mix-up as they tried to lay their 93-year-old mother to rest.

Family members of Kyung Ja Kim, who died on Nov. 10, 2021, said they knew something was wrong when they gathered for the open-casket funeral for their loved one at Promise Church in Leonia on Nov. 13.

In their lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, they allege that Kyung Ja Kim's daughter, Kummi Kim, told the funeral director that the person lying in the casket did not look like her mother.

The funeral director "responded with a very clear expression of denial and dismay over the question as if Plaintiff Kummi did not appreciate a different appearance after death," the lawsuit said...