A small Mississippi funeral home company goes up against a rapidly expanding Canadian conglomerate. Compare the facts with the film.
O'Keefe v Loewen:
"The Burial"
"No one foresaw that this lawsuit ... would bring to light a vast but quiet transformation in the way America buries its dead." Time Magazine, June 2001.
"The trial exposed jurors to the seamy side of funeral chains ... they can cluster homes to dominate a regional market, then cut their costs through volume and raise prices without fear of consumer resistance." New York Times, January 1996.
"No one foresaw that this lawsuit would ... bring to light a vast but quiet transformation in the way America buries its dead." Time Magazine, June 2001.
"The trial exposed jurors to the seamy side of funeral chains ... they can cluster homes to dominate a regional market, then cut their costs through volume and raise prices without fear of consumer resistance." New York Times, January 1996.
""The trial exposed jurors to the seamy side of the almost foolproof formula that has made Wall Street so bullish on funeral chains: they can cluster homes to dominate a regional market, then cut their costs through volume and raise prices without fear of consumer resistance."
O'Keefe v Loewen: "The Burial"
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