Ohio County Pays Families After Wrong Child Cremated
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An Ohio county will pay more than $68,000 to families whose dead children got mixed up by the morgue, resulting in the wrong one being cremated.
Franklin County commissioners in Columbus approved the settlements on Tuesday, including $50,000 for the family of a 14-month-old boy who was cremated by mistake and against his parents' religious beliefs. The Columbus Dispatch reports another $18,500 will go to the family of a 22-day-old boy whose family wanted cremation.
An employee of the county coroner's office released the older child's body to the wrong funeral home, which performed the cremation.
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The coroner fired the worker over the May 2010 error and instituted changes to prevent further, similar mistakes. Last month, the funeral home's license was suspended for six months.