In September 2009 The ” title=”Service Corporation International” target=”_blank”>Service Corporation International, owner of ” title=”60 Minutes segment” target=”_blank”>“60 Minutes” segment that aired May 20, Anderson Cooper took a broader look at problems raised about SCI at some of the 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries it owns.
Cooper looked into cases where SCI double sold plots, then exhumed existing graves when the new body arrived.
While funeral homes are federally regulated, cemeteries are regulated on a state level, leading to often patchy oversight, according to Cooper’s report.
Joshua Slocum, executive director of the ” title=”law suit,” target=”_blank”>law suit, filed by Michael Avenatti of Eagan Avenatti, LLP, in Newport Beach, testified that some 200 bodies were disturbed or moved. But SCI says its investigation found problems with four graves, and the situations were handled directly with the families.
SCI, which did not comment on camera for “60 Minutes,” told the Jewish Journal in January 2012 that it follows protocol and properly handles human remains.
“We have different versions of what happened than the plaintiffs do,” SCI spokesperson Lisa Marshall said. “We are continuing to prepare for our day in court.”
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