UPDATE 4/15/04
We received word this week that the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws will likely form a committee to draft revisions to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. While we don’t yet know what revisions might be proposed, we’re hopeful the NCCUSL will amend the UAGA to clearly prohibit the profiteering in donated bodies and tissue, and to strengthen informed consent requirements. Read more
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ICFA Blasts CBS
FCA responds to the International Cemetery and Funeral Association
Following a two-part broadcast on CBS February 11 and 10 on funeral fraud ,the National Funeral Directors Association and the International Cemetery and Funeral Association sent CBS letters of protest. Read more
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FTC "Sweeps" NYC Metro Funeral Homes
Funeral Rule Violators
The Federal Trade Commission announced the results of a “sweep” of metropolitan New York City homes on December 29, 2003. The FTC press release stated that 12 of 29 funeral homes were found by test shoppers to have violated the Funeral Rule. Read more
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Memory's Garden Cemetery in Trouble
CHARGES OF WRONG BURIALS, UNAUTHORIZED EXHUMATIONS, AND COVERING UP THE EVIDENCE
11/05/03 THE LATEST NEWS From The (Albany) Business Review (scroll down for the history of this case): Board of Directors at Albany Cemetery to Resign The board of directors of a Colonie cemetery will resign under the terms of an agreement with the New York State Cemetery Board designed to resolve mismanagement complaints. Read more
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11/05/03 THE LATEST NEWS From The (Albany) Business Review (scroll down for the history of this case): Board of Directors at Albany Cemetery to Resign The board of directors of a Colonie cemetery will resign under the terms of an agreement with the New York State Cemetery Board designed to resolve mismanagement complaints. Read more
Bones, Bugs, and Batesville
(This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the FAMSA Newsletter, Spring 1999)
by Lisa Carlson The “Body Farm” it’s been called—the brain-child of Dr. William Bass, a forensic anthropologist—and the only location of its kind in the country. Read more
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by Lisa Carlson The “Body Farm” it’s been called—the brain-child of Dr. William Bass, a forensic anthropologist—and the only location of its kind in the country. Read more
Bait and Switch in Las Vegas
Bait and Switch
Price Gouging at Palm Mortuary
May 13, 2001
Leroy Wright
Palm Mortuary
1325 North Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101 Dear Mr. Wright: I am writing this letter to register my dissatisfaction regarding my experience at Palm Mortuary in handling the funeral arrangements for my brother, Martin A. Read more
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Palm Mortuary
1325 North Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101 Dear Mr. Wright: I am writing this letter to register my dissatisfaction regarding my experience at Palm Mortuary in handling the funeral arrangements for my brother, Martin A. Read more
FTC Complaint Against SCI for Multiple Price Lists
April 17, 2001
Myra Howard
FTC
600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20508 Dear Myra, Apparently, Service Corporation International (SCI) is now selling funerals to veterans via mail. See the enclosed sales material being sent to California vets. Read more
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FTC
600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20508 Dear Myra, Apparently, Service Corporation International (SCI) is now selling funerals to veterans via mail. See the enclosed sales material being sent to California vets. Read more