A funeral home in Camden, New Jersey is facing allegations that it placed the wrong body in the clothing of a family's deceased loved one.
The family first noticed this painful mistake when they came to inspect the coffin before it was opened to the public.
According to the complaint filed on September 5th, “On February 17th at approximately 4:00 p.m., the plaintiffs approached the casket believed to contain Addison and saw an unknown person wearing Addison's clothing and belongings. “As soon as I saw his body, I felt pain and anger.” Jenkins family. “Plaintiffs were shocked, upset, confused and in tears.”
Jenkins' family is accusing the funeral home of negligent handling of the remains.
A funeral home in Camden, New Jersey is facing allegations that it placed the wrong body in the clothing of a family's deceased loved one. (Google Maps)
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Addison Jenkins, who passed away in February 2023, planned her funeral in advance and chose Boyd Funeral Home in Camden, New Jersey to handle her funeral.
The family alleges in the lawsuit that the funeral director was not present when they tried to express their concerns, and that the funeral home's makeup artist reassured them that the body was Jenkins'.
However, the suit says the family and funeral home employees “continued to disagree about whose body was in the casket.”
A funeral home in Camden, New Jersey is facing allegations that it placed the wrong body in the clothing of a family's deceased loved one. (St. Petersburg)
The Jenkinses were sent photos by the director to prove that it was indeed their deceased loved one, but certain marks on the body did not match those of their loved one. They claim he had a cauliflower ear and a significant foot infection, neither of which were present on the body in the coffin.
When the family saw the body again on February 18, they requested that the casket be opened to examine the body and were able to confirm that it was indeed Mr. Jenkins.
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An American flag is draped around the judge's gavel block and the United States Constitution, used as a symbol of law, liberty, and the separation of governmental powers. (St. Petersburg)
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in a shared statement with people On Tuesday, Oct. 22, attorney Michael Shaw, representing the plaintiffs, said, “What happened to the Jenkins family and their deceased loved one, Addison Jenkins, is disturbing and reprehensible. To twist the knife… The Jenkins family once filed a complaint with the court.” When a funeral home committed misconduct, its callous response was to insist that the mistaken, unidentified body was the deceased loved one's, and to shift the blame onto the client. Gaslighting grieving families by displaying the wrong body is cruel and despicable.”
They are seeking compensatory and punitive damages through a jury trial pursuant to the complaint.
