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Litigation

Oct. 15, 2013

Attorneys in Jewish cemetery litigation duke it out as trial nears

A class action alleging Eden Memorial Park desecrated graves will soon get under way in Los Angeles. As the trial approaches, attorneys are sparring over evidence in the case which seeks more than $500 million in damages.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Plaintiffs in a $500 million lawsuit against a Jewish cemetery in the San Fernando Valley are fighting to tell jurors of testimony from a Florida courtroom claiming the same cemetery owners desecrated graves in that state to make room for more. Strikingly similar allegations were lodged four years ago against Eden Memorial Park, along with others, including that the owners "have been routinely damaging...

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