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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Grieving widow sues after late husband’s body falls from casket during burial

A grieving widow is taking legal action after cemetery employees allegedly dropped her late husband’s coffin while lowering it into the ground, ejecting his remains as the man's horrified relatives looked on, according to a negligence lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

In a civil complaint filed June 2, Queens, New York, resident Zinule Nisha Ghanni, 82, says last year’s incident has brought about severe emotional distress, psychological injury, loss of appetite, loss of sleep, loss of enjoyment of life, and “pain and suffering of mind and body.”

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