$500,000
Funeral Home Negligence
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Case Details
Grieving parents were unable to say goodbye to their stillborn child due to the negligence of McWhite's Funeral Home in Fort Lauderdale, FL, which displayed the wrong baby, then mishandled and sealed their own child's remains in the coffin.
Additional Notes
The funeral home settled for $500,000, the full amount of its insurance policy, including compensatory and punitive damages.