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The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright.It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr. [4]
In 1953 O'Keefe bought the business from his father and in 1957 O'Keefe bought his major competitor's business, creating Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes. He also founded a life insurance company, Gulf National Life in 1958. In 1995 O'Keefe, represented by Willie E. Gary, won a jury trial concerning a contractual dispute involving his family ...
In 1995, Jeremiah O'Keefe, a funeral home operator in Mississippi represented by Willie E. Gary sued the Loewen Group in a breach of contract suit. [11] In the trial Gary emphasized Loewen's lavish lifestyle, including the ownership of a yacht, and The Loewen Group's agreement with the National Baptist Convention.
Funeral home accused of negligence in lawsuit. According to the complaint, the child’s body had been brought to Bibber Memorial at Autumn Green four days before the viewing. When the Korzebs ...
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A New Jersey family is suing a funeral home for $50 million after they say they nearly buried the wrong woman due to a devastating mix-up as they tried to lay their 93-year-old mother to rest.
Karen Read was accused of running over her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, in Jan. 2022. O'Keefe's family is now seeking $500,000 in damages from Read.
The funeral homes sued Tri-State and Marsh, eventually settling first for $36 million with the plaintiff's class in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ultimately, the Marsh defendants also settled for $3.5 million after their insurer, Georgia Farm Bureau, agreed to pay the settlement.