A couple whose late son was misidentified and then cremated by the coroner’s office in New Orleans before they ever got the chance to claim his body is fighting for more substantial damages after only being awarded $10,000 over their ordeal.
In a statement, an attorney for Theron and Sherry Pfantz – whose son, Benjamin, was at the center of the case – argued that the amount awarded to them was insufficient given that the judge presiding over their lawsuit found “reckless and outrageous misconduct” by the coroner’s office, which robbed the plaintiffs of the chance to properly bury a loved one.
