William Gilson of New York City sued the Westchester Square Hospital for allowing his mother's corpse to decompose. The suit said that the body of Veronica Gilson was left in a heated hallway for 38 hours because the hospital's morgue was overcrowded.
Gilson said the corpse had decomposed so badly that he couldn't hold an open casket wake and funeral.
A jury has awarded Gilson $1 million and the hospital says it may appeal.
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