A coroner accidentally identified a dead body as the wrong person. Five years later, a California jury has awarded the family of the non-dead man $1.5 million.
An errant death notification of a transient in Fountain Valley about five years ago was ``devastating'' to his family, who deserves compensation for negligence, an attorney told jurors today.
In 2017, Orange County officials told Frankie Kerrigan's family that he was dead. Days later, Kerrigan showed up to meet a friend. The family says the mistake was intentional and negligent. The county says it was an accident with a new computer system.
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