This podcast contains graphic descriptions of death and decay.

Please listen with care. Weigh, Land.

Campside Media. Nia. Roughly five seconds after the news about Tri-State hit the airwaves back in 2002, every lawyer

within spitting distance of Noble began recruiting clients.

Some attorneys put out newspaper ads, and one law firm creates a website

just to learn families who were victims of tri-state crematory.

A flurry of lawsuits follows against the funeral homes and Brent Marsh and his family.

Luckily, the marshes have a homeowner's policy with Georgia Farm Bureau insurance, and the company ends up providing them with

representation for the civil cases.

That's how a tall and lanky lawyer named Stuart James gets involved.

A guy from the insurance company calls Stewart to ask if he'll

help defend the family. And he said I got a bunch of lawsuits for you and I

said really said it got about I think it was like 115 and I said what are you

talking about he said well you know about that guy who had the dead bodies on the property? And I said, yeah. And he said, well, we insure him. And I said, really? So I went down to Georgia and I picked up 115 lawsuits.

In total, the marshes in the funeral homes Brent Wirtz with face more than 250 civil suits

in three states.

Combined, they're looking at more than $100 million in potential damages.

Most of the remaining cases are consolidated into a single class action suit,

seeking millions of dollars, and some of the funeral homes settle on their own.

Amidst all this litigation, Stuart Meant was and some of the funeral homes settle on their own.

Amidst all this litigation, Stewart meets with Brent.

This isn't one of their regular lawyer-client visits.

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