Funeral Director Daily

Kentucky passes Covid liability shield law for funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / April 19, 2021 /

There has been a lot of talk at the federal level about creating a limit to liability law for those essential businesses that had to operate over the timeline of the Covid-19 pandemic while knowledge of the virus was becoming better and better every day. The thought process has been that businesses should not be…

StoneMor Board, Axar Capital allegedly sued over 2020 buyout proposal

By Funeral Director Daily / December 29, 2020 /

From my point of view, the new management and leadership team at StoneMor, Inc. has been executing with all the right decisions to get the Pennsylvania funeral home and cemetery based operator moving forward in a profitable direction. They have made tough decisions in contracting out cemetery labor, removing it from a direct employee relationship…

Toronto Cemeteries returned to Residents

By Funeral Director Daily / January 7, 2019 /

Over the past couple of years we have written about cemeteries that get very little attention, are losing money, and are looking for someone to take them over. Many times, they have passed simply by default to the government entity where the cemetery is located. Over the weekend we read an article that you can…

More Bad News in Detroit

By Funeral Director Daily / October 22, 2018 /

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…

Jury In in Memphis Cemetery Trial

By Funeral Director Daily / September 25, 2018 /

A verdict that will give relief to funeral directors all across the United States was handed down in the case of the Galilee Memorial Gardens case yesterday. For the last month we have kept you up to date on this case which stems from alleged neglect of deceased casketed human remains brought to the Galilee…

Suggestions or Coercion?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 18, 2018 /

Late last Wednesday a jury in Montana issued a verdict against a Montana funeral home for coercing a widow client into pursuing a cremation for her husband against his “final wishes” for earth burial. You can read about the case in the Great Falls Tribune here. According to the article, Robert Yeager, age 64 died…