Ky. family says cemetery dropped deceased
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Posted: 02/10/2012
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Frankfort family is suing a cemetery they said dropped the dearly departed twice during the burial.
The family of 85-year-old Katherine Galbraith wants damages from Sunset Memorial Gardens for their handling of the remains during the transportation and burial on March 24.
Family attorney Chris Haden told The State Journal that cemetery workers dropped the casket as they were lowering into the ground, causing the body to fall out. Haden says personal items, including a rose and pearl necklace, fell into the grave.
Haden says family members found mud and abrasions on the body.
The cemetery reburied Galbraith two days later.
The funeral home denies any wrongdoing.
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