ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A woman has filed a lawsuit against a mortuary in Decatur, claiming it accidentally switched her grandmother’s body with another during her funeral.
The suit, which was filed in DeKalb County State Court on May 1, accuses Donald Trimble Mortuary of multiple offenses — including negligence, mishandling human remains and breach of contract.
“This is a strange case where a deceased person was unable to attend their own funeral,” said attorney Jonathan Johnson, who is representing the woman.
The plaintiff, a woman from Maryland, said she hired the mortuary off 2nd Avenue when her grandmother died in July 2023. The funeral home provided a wig and clothing for her to be buried in, and on July 31, the woman said she briefly saw a body wearing the provided items.
The grandmother’s closed-casket funeral was the next day. But to her horror, the woman said the mortuary later told her they had dressed the wrong body in the wig and clothes. Somebody else was in the casket during the services.
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Now, the woman is asking for punitive damages, plus coverage for both the court expenses and the nearly $8,900 she paid for the funerary services.
Johnson said the mortuary didn’t dispute what happened, but refuses to work with them on a solution.
“You have to care about the people who are entrusting you with the remains of their beloved family members,” Johnson said.
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