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A Portland cemetery error led to the forced removal of a man's remains to honor a prior plot sale, sparking a legal and emotional battle.
A Portland cemetery error led to a legal showdown when Skyline Memorial Gardens, owned by Service Corporation International, was forced to remove the remains of Tyber Harrison, a 20-year-old killed in a 2016 crash, from a plot already sold to the Reser family in 2019 for their son Alex, who died of an overdose.
Paula Tin Nyo, Harrison’s mother, had placed his cremated remains and personal items in a vault in 2021.
After a 2023 lawsuit, a Multnomah County jury ruled in favor of the Resers, upholding the earlier sale despite Tin Nyo’s emotional distress claims.
She was ordered to remove the remains by December 30, 2025, after her appeal was denied, calling the exhumation traumatic.
The funeral home admitted the error but cited contract violations, offering a $16,000 refund and nearby reburial—terms Tin Nyo ignored.
The Resers declined to comment, and Skyline cited privacy.
The case underscores conflicts between property rights and emotional attachments in burial disputes.
Un error en el cementerio de Portland llevó a la remoción forzada de los restos de un hombre para honrar una venta anterior de la parcela, provocando una batalla legal y emocional.