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The Colorado couple who owned a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year were ordered to pay $950m to the victims’ families – a largely symbolic victory for families of the deceased.

According to an email sent to victims by Leventhal Lewis, the firm that filed the lawsuit, it is the largest judgment in Colorado’s history.

The judgment is unlikely to be paid out, since the funeral home was long plagued by financial difficulties. However, Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature funeral home, still face criminal charges in a separate case.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Wooo! Look at that free market go!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

This is absolutely awful. At least it spurred the Colorado legislature to finally regulate funeral homes. It's insane they've gone this long with virtually no regulations/oversight.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, uh... I don't think they have $950 million.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If it's"largely symbolic," why not just really fucking go at 'em. Eleventy bajillion thousand dollars sounds fair to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It'll be more likely to be thrown out/mistrialed

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

It still represents how much they think they are owed. $5M per offense. So in the future it can be used for precedence.

Eleventy bajillion isn't even in the realm of realistic.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

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