(KRON) -- A South Bay mortuary business and funeral services director are accused of giving a grieving father a bag with his son's brain erroneously placed in it, according to a newly filed lawsuit.
The family is suing Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel in San Jose, Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary, and a licensed funeral director for allegedly mishandling human remains.
According to the lawsuit, Alexander Pinon died inside a Santa Clara home in May. His mother signed a contract with Lima to pay more than $10,000 for a "full-service memorial tribute package," including embalming, dressing, casketing, transportation of remains, and a funeral service, the suit states.
Pinon's family members decided that, for the funeral, they wanted their deceased loved one to be dressed in different cl

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