A judge ordered Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, to pay $950 million to families who sued the couple in a civil suit.

On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones' remains were mishandled.

The owners of a funeral home accused of failing to cremate or bury human remains despite being paid to do so have been ordered to pay a judgment that could top $1 billion.

A judge ordered Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, to pay $950 million to families who sued the couple in a civil suit.

On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones' remains were mishandled.

Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly mishandled 190 bodies ordered to pay nearly $1 billion A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado.

"Bad behavior has significant consequences,” the attorney representing families in a class-action lawsuit says. The remains of nearly 200 people were found at the Return to Nature Funeral Home.

On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s married owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones’ remains were mishandled.