Class Action Lawsuit Filed This Morning by Families of Deceased Disinterred in Cemetery...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed This Morning by Families of Deceased Disinterred in
Cemetery Scandal

CHICAGO, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A class action lawsuit was filed
this morning against Burr Oak Cemetery on behalf of families of individuals
interred at the cemetery. The lawsuit is based on an alleged scheme of
removing the deceased from the grave sites, damaging and destroying the
remains, and desecrating the grave sites for profit. The complaint, filed in
the Circuit Court of Cook County, requests injunctive relief to require the
cemetery and other defendants to maintain records, promptly notify relatives,
and restore the remains. Counsel for plaintiff, Deidre Baumann, is filing
today a motion for a temporary restraining order to ensure immediate action is
taken. The Plaintiffs are requesting the Court to appoint a receiver to
monitor the situation. The lawsuit also includes a count for intentional
infliction of emotional distress. The bereaved families are suing the four
employees charged with felonies, in addition to the cemetery, the corporate
entities and company president.

Burr Oak Cemetery is Chicago's first African-American cemetery and the resting
place of civil rights icon Emmit Till and jazz musician Dinah Washington. Many
Chicago area families have laid their loved ones to rest here for generations
because of the cemetery's significant historical role for the local
African-American community.

The number of disturbed graves has been estimated to be between 200 and 300.
Droves of concerned family members have descended upon the cemetery, armed
with obituaries and death certificates, in hopes of finding their relatives'
grave sites undisturbed. The employees have been charged with the Class X
felony of dismembering a human body, a charge that carries hefty prison
sentences and monetary fines of up to $25,000.
Press Conference Information
Time: July 10, 2009
2:30 P.M.
20 S. Clark, 4th floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603

SOURCE Horwitz, Richardson & Baker, LLC

Deidre Baumann, Attorney at Law, BAUMANN & SHULDINER, +1-312-558-3119,
baumannesq@worldnet.att.net; or Blake Horwitz, Attorney at Law, HORWITZ,
RICHARDSON & BAKER, +1-312-676-2100, bhorwitz@hrbattorneys.com