Judge orders Colorado funeral home owners to pay $950m for storing decaying bodies and providing fake ashes.

Judge orders Colorado funeral home owners to pay $950m to families of deceased in decaying condition, but payout is unlikely due to owners' financial struggles and criminal charges. The funeral home, owned by Jon and Carie Hallford, allegedly stored decaying bodies and provided fake ashes to grieving families. The $950m judgment mainly serves as a symbol of the emotional distress caused to families who discovered their loved ones' remains were not in the ashes they ceremonially spread or kept. The case has prompted Colorado lawmakers to introduce comprehensive regulations for the funeral home industry, addressing previously lax oversight.

August 05, 2024
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