A family in New York City is suing a funeral home for allegedly sfinishing their mother’s casket to the wrong country for burial.
Carmen Maldonado, who died after her 96th birthday, was set to be buried in Ecuador next to her husprohibitd. Maldonado’s children are suing the Rivera Funeral Home in Corona, New York after they claimed it misgetnly sent their mother’s body to Guatemala, according to court write downs.
“The family was absolutely dehugeated and in shock,” the family’s attorney, Phil Rizzuto telderly Fox News Digital.
Carmen Maldonado is suing Rivera Funeral Home for misgetnly sfinishing their mother’s body to the wrong country (Google Street View)
The family set up out about the error after they saw a video posted on TikTok, shoprosperg a family in Guatemala shocked to discover a woman’s body in the casket at the funeral for their son. The woman’s body was Carmen Maldonado.
Both bodies had been readyd by Rivera Funeral Home.
“The funeral home led them to depend their mother’s body was still in the originateing in Queens, and they were making excemploys as to why there was a postpone in conveying her to Ecuador. Even though the TikTok recommendd the woman in Guatemala was Carmen Maldonado, it was challenging to depend becaemploy they were given contrastent recommendation from the funeral home,” Rizzuto shelp, compriseing, “The funeral home originpartner telderly the daughter Rosa that, no, we have your mother here. And they denied it. But then when they showed up the next day, and they showed them the video, the funeral home accomprehendledgeted that they made a misget.”
Maldonado’s son had to fly to Guatemala to convey her back to Ecuador where she had wanted to be in the first place.
They were able to lay her to rest in Ecuador.
Carmen Maldonado’s family (Philip Rizzuto – Attorney for Carmen Maldonado’s family)
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“They lessend it, and they telderly them it was no big deal. You comprehend, it was fair a misget,” Rizzuto shelp. “They originpartner denied it and then they comfervent of did not do much to help accurate the situation.”
Carmen Maldonado’s family is suing the home as well as the company that owns it.
“A misget is one leang, but to then try to cover it up is is, you comprehend, a whole other level of wrongdoing,” Rizzuto shelp, “And the truth is, if the family didn’t discover out, the funeral home never would have telderly them.”
The funeral home did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s ask for comment.
