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Lawsuits Against Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS); Louis Garzone Funeral Home, Philadelphia; Daniel George & Son, Brooklyn; English Brothers Funeral Home, Brooklyn; & Others:

If you or a family member retained any of the above-mentioned funeral homes to prepare your departed for burial or cremation, you are urged to contact the law offices of Audet & Partners at 800.965.1461 to speak to an attorney. The call is free and there is no obligation. You may also email us using the form onthe right. Act now, as delays can harm your case.

The following funeral homes have been connected with the Biomedical Tissue Services Scandal, and are under investigation:

• Louis Garzone Funeral Home, Philadelphia
• Daniel George & Son, Brooklyn
• English Brothers Funeral Home, Brooklyn
• New York Mortuary Service Inc., New York
• Thomas E. Burger Funeral Home in Hilton, New York
• Profetta Funeral Chapel, which has sites in Webster and Irondequoit, New York
• Serenity Hills Funeral Chapel, Rochester, New York

These funeral homes were allegedly involved in a "body-parts-for-money" scheme in which body parts from the recently deceased were "harvested" illegally and sold to various buyers.

At the heart of the alleged ring are Joseph Nicelli, who owned Daniel George & Son funeral home in Brooklyn, and Michael Mastromarino, a former dentist who lost his license. These two allegedly conspired to loot millions of dollars worth of body parts.

News reports also allege that a former BTS employee, Kevin Vickers, said he sliced into dozens of corpses lying inside Louis Garzone's funeral home during the last two months of 2004. He said that after he harvested spines, veins, tendons and bones, he brought them in plastic bags on ice to BTS. A source familiar with the investigation said the Louis Garzone Funeral Home had sold bodies to BTS since the beginning of 2004.

IF YOUR DEPARTED WAS PREPARED FOR BURIAL OR CREMATION AT ANY OF THESE FUNERAL HOMES, you are urged to contact the law offices of Audet & Partners at 800.965.1461 to speak to an attorney. The call is free and there is no obligation. You may also email us using the form on the right. Act now, as delays can harm your case.

On the other hand, if you fail to protect your legal rights now, you may lose the right to be compensated for your harm. (Persons seeking to preserve any potential legal claims should contact an attorney promptly, since all states have mandatory time periods in which lawsuits must be filed with the courts; otherwise, they may be forever barred.)

Our firm has a great deal of experience in representing plaintiffs in similar burial cases. In addition, we have the resources to handle our own cases. This means that when you call our firm, you talk to your own lawyer who has been assigned to your case.

The secure form takes only a couple of minutes to fill out, but if you are uncomfortable sending your information over the internet, please call our toll-free number at 800.965.1461 to immediately speak to an attorney. The call is free and there is no obligation. Act now, as delays can harm your case.

Persons seeking to preserve any potential legal claims should contact an attorney promptly, since all states have mandatory time periods in which lawsuits must be filed with the courts; otherwise, they may be forever barred. Audet & Partners represents individuals, governmental entities, small businesses and institutional shareholders in product liability, tort, negligence, consumer, construction defect, investment fraud, securities, insider trading, antitrust, environmental, whistle blower, aviation and employment cases. In recognition of their outstanding abilities and commitment to the legal profession over the years, the firm and its members have served as Court-appointed Plaintiffs’ Counsel in dozens of federal and state cases throughout the United States.