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Local Attorney Edward M. Ricci to Serve as Plaintiff Co-Counsel In Eden Memorial Park, Jewish Grave Desecration Class Action in Los Angeles, California

September 22, 2009

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Palm Beach County attorney Edward M. Ricci has been hired as co-counsel in the  class action complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court, against Service Corporation International (SCI) for grave desecration of Jewish graves at Eden Memorial Park, in Mission Hills, California.

The lawsuit alleges that SCI, the largest owner of cemeteries and funeral homes in the United States, intentionally, willfully and secretly desecrated the human remains of deceased Jewish individuals interred at Eden Memorial Park and that SCI had a pattern and practice of breaking concrete interment vaults with a backhoe and throwing away the human remains, including skulls. The lawsuit further alleges that SCI also sold interment areas without sufficient space to properly inter individuals in adjacent plots. The lawsuit also alleges that SCI did intentional and unconscionable acts in an attempt to maximize profits.

This is not the first time that the defendant, SCI, has come under fire for similar conduct. In 2003, the State of Florida brought criminal charges against company employees after groundskeepers at Menorah Gardens, another SCI owned and operated Jewish cemetery, testified to the accuracy of similar allegations. SCI later paid millions of dollars to settle civil lawsuits brought by attorney Ed Ricci’s law firm in connection with the case.

To learn more about the Eden Memorial Park class action lawsuit, you may contact Ed Ricci at
561-842-2820, or email Ed at edricci@edriccilaw.com.

Attorney Edward M. Ricci of Edward M. Ricci, P.A. is also Consumer Justice Counsel to Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman. He has specialized in civil trial law for more than 34 years. The firm is headquartered in West Palm Beach at 303 Banyan Boulevard. Mr. Ricci can be contacted at (561) 842-2820. Additional information about Edward M. Ricci, P.A. may be obtained from the firm’s website at www.edriccilaw.com. 

 

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