Family members who believed they buried their relative—only to later discover he was still alive and the body was misidentified by the Orange County Coroner—were awarded $1.5 million April 19 after a jury found the coroner negligent by misidentifying a deceased body.
Following a three-week trial, jurors awarded the father, Frank Kerrigan, 86, $1.1 million and his daughter, Carole Meikle, 60, $400,000.
