SANTA ANA, Calif.—Family members who believed they had buried their relative in 2017, only to later discover he was in fact alive and the body was misidentified, are now suing the county.
Frank Kerrigan, 86, and his daughter Carol Meikle, 60, are accusing the Orange County Coroner’s Office of “intentional and negligent misrepresentation” in identifying a body as Frankie Kerrigan in 2017 through fingerprints and state ID, leading them to believe the man had died. The case was first heard on March 21.
