Austell widow sues company for $1 million

AUSTELL - A Vietnam Veteran&#39;s widow filed a $1 million lawsuit against an Austell cremation service Tuesday. She accused the company of contaminating and improperly disposing her husband&#39;s remains. <br> <br> The lawsuit, filed by Mary Ann Robinson, named Professional Cremation Service Inc., according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Owner Van F. Cumbie could not be reached for comment late Tuesday. <br> <br> Robinson&#39;s husband, Patrick, died of lung cancer in Oct. 2000 at 49. In the lawsuit, she said her husband&#39;s ashes were returned to the company when a funeral director complained of a noxious smell. <br> <br> The lawsuit said the company&#39;s owner, Cumbie, expressed concern that Robinson&#39;s remains hadn&#39;t been completely cremated and that decomposing tissue caused an odor in the ashes, according to the newspaper. <br> <br> The suit also accused Cumbie of disposing part, if not all, of Robinson&#39;s remains in the North Georgia mountains and withholding that information from his widow for a year and a half.

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