Plaintiffs v Batesville Casket Co.'s
Lawsuit Filed In Orlando Against Batesville Casket Co.'s
A lawsuit has been filed against Batesville, the nation's largest casket manufacturer that alleges false advertising and product liability claims.
According to the suit, Batesville knew "its fraudulent marketing scheme could not and would not be detected because Plaintiff and Class Members could not ascertain on their own that the Gasketed Caskets provided no better protection for the deceased than the less expensive non-gasketed casket."
The legal filing also claims Batesville marketed and sold gasketed caskets in violation of a Federal Trade Commission cease and desist order, which told the company to stop "Misrepresenting, directly or by implication, the durability or expected life of any casket ..."
The suit said Batesville hid field tests it conducted from the Federal Trade Commission, which showed the caskets leaked.
The suit, filed by an attorney with the Lovelace Law Firm in Miramar Beach, designates class members as anyone who bought gasketed caskets manufactured by Batesville from a licensed funeral home in Florida from January 1989 through August 2002. The proposed class consists of thousands of people.
For more information please contact:
Lovelace Law Firm, P.A.
12870 U.S. Highway 98 West, Suite 200
Miramar Beach, Florida 32550
Telephone: 850-837-6020
Fax: 850-837-4093
Toll Free: 888-837-2281
http://www.lovelacelawoffice.com
