Regulations
According to the Associated Press, in an article that you can read here, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced last Thursday that he is adding three new regulators to the State’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs mortuary team. That will bring the total to 7. The regulators have oversight over funeral homes, funeral directors, and…
Today we are bringing you two items that relate to the death care industry being in the courts. The first item that you can read about here involves the Trump administration and its Department of Justice filing a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a funeral home owner who was sued and…
We learned the other day of a potential lawsuit being filed against the Amigone Funeral Home near Buffalo, New York. It turns out, according to an article, that the company’s crematory was shut down in 2012 by the state Attorney General citing “viable (viable was printed, but I believe this may be a misprint and…
Over the weekend you have probably heard from the main street media that Detroit police were tipped off that they may be able to find more infant corpses at another funeral home in Detroit. According to this article in the Washington Post, Detroit Police Chief James Craig has now announced a “wide probe” into Michigan…
The Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit made news last spring when six decomposing bodies were found in the funeral home. At that time authorities also uncovered the cremated remains of about 370 bodies, some of which were believed to be United States military veterans. The funeral home building and business were closed and the building…
According to this article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune , in a ruling made public on Wednesday, a judge upheld a citation by the Minnesota Department of Health that fined a Minnesota funeral home $5000 for, among other things, storing crates of applesauce in the funeral home’s preparation room. Again, according to the newspaper, a…
The case of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Colorado and its sister business of being in the body part business continues to cause stirs in that state. Sunset Mesa Funeral Home has been shut down and its owner, Megan Hess, has left funeral service, but now many people are questioning the Colorado Department of…
It is no secret that many funeral homes in the United States are searching for additional staff. It also appears that those institutions that instruct in Mortuary Science are having a hard time attracting students, probably somewhat due to the otherwise booming American economy. In an article and video that you can read and see…
