Swedish Sisters Sue Funeral Company For Dropping Father Into Grave Too Fast

HOW do you want to be buried: fast or slow? In Sweden, two sisters say they father’s coffin was dropped into the earth too fast. The sisters claim dad was almost dropped by two drunk undertakers.

We join the scene. The undertakers carry dad aloft. They approach the grave with a reel. They lose their grip. The coffin falls. It lands on the ground on its side.

Says the sisters’ lawyer:

“Both daughters were in shock and ran away in tears from the cemetery. They didn’t dare to look in the grave as they were convinced the coffin had opened and their dead father had fallen out.”

The sisters have now gathered themselves 20,000 ($2895) kronor in compensation from the funeral directors. The matter will come before Södertörn district court in Stockholm.

But can you be buried too fast? If so, we imagine that the Queen Mother took a full 17 hours to be lowered into her final resting place, while Adolf Hitler took just 00.0012 of a second – a world record that’s still stands.

Anorak

Posted: 22nd, November 2009 | In: Strange But True Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink