The plaintiff, Lyudmila Piker, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boca Raton, a Florida Municipal Corporation, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida. The case ID is 502024CA003831 XXXAMB Div: AK and was filed on April 25, 2024. The lawsuit is about damages exceeding $50,000 exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney's fees.
Piker alleges that the defendant wrongly interred her deceased mother, Zhanna Parnas, into a burial plot intended for Piker herself at Boca Raton Cemetery. This incident occurred on June 24, 2023. The complaint further states that when Piker alerted the defendant of this mistake during the funeral ceremony, they responded by placing a placard with Piker's name at her mother's gravesite.
The plaintiff is seeking damages for serious mental anguish and emotional distress requiring medical treatment caused by these traumatic events. She also accuses the City of Boca Raton of breach of contract as they failed to adhere to rules and regulations governing burial services.