ROME, Ga. - Final approval has been given to pay out roughly one-third of the $39.5 million in settlements in a lawsuit over hundreds of corpses that were dumped at a northwest Georgia crematory, according to a lawyer involved in the case. The final approval came Friday on $13.5 million in settlements by 22 funeral homes that sent bodies to the Tri-State Crematory, plaintiffs lawyer Robert Smalley said Tuesday. Families have until June 18 to file claims for a piece of that money, Smalley said.
Posted by Editor at June 8, 2004 03:10 PM