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Mourners horrified as coffin pops open while struggling to fit it into small grave
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A coffin popped open to reveal the corpse inside in a botched burial because the grave was too small, a lawsuit claims.In an attempt to shake the casket free after it got stuck being lowered into the earth, undertakers ended up revealing the remains of a 79-year-old woman.Legal action launched against staff at The Evergreens Cemetery in New York City, describes the horror of 35 mourners who were forced to watch Claribel Oppenheimer's "rough" burial on June 24.Her friends and family could see Oppenheimer’s hands had been knocked out of position, having been carefully folded in the funeral home, the lawsuit alleges.According to the NYPost, Eric Rothstein, an attorney for Oppenheimer’s
