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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mike Bedigan

Mortuary workers accused of dropping father’s body down stairs while removing it from family home

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A Texas mortuary is being sued for over $1m after two of its employees allegedly dropped the body of a man down a flight of steps while removing it from a condo.

The family of Juan Mejia said that as the employees carried his body out of the apartment “several thumps” were heard, and that his son went outside to find his father’s body lying exposed in the courtyard of the building.

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