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Mortuary Must Pay Widow $50K For ‘Coerced' Cremation
By Associated Press
A Montana mor- tuary business must pay a woman $50,000 after her husband was cremated against his wish- es.
The Great Falls Tribune reports a jury found a mor- tician at Miser Mortuaries in Conrad negligent in the decision to cremate 64-year- old Robert Yeager of Ulm
after he died of liver and heart disease in October 2012.
Enid Yeager told jurors that mortu- ary staff pushed her toward cre- mation because the larger casket needed to bury her husband would be costly.
Miser's attorneys said mortician John Nash simply recommended Robert Yeager be cremated because he
couldn't have an open casket funeral due to the swollen condition of his body. Nash said Enid Yeager signed off on having him cre- mated.
Jurors on Wednesday found both the mortuary and Enid Yeager par- tially liable. She had sought $1 million in dam- ages.
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