SANTA ANA, Calif.—Family members who believed they had buried their relative in 2017, only to later discover he was in fact alive and the body was misidentified, are now suing the county. Frank Kerrigan, 86, and his daughter Carol Meikle, 60, are accusing the Orange County Coroner’s Office of “intentional and negligent misrepresentation” in identifying a body belonging to Frankie Kerrigan in 2017 through fingerprints and state ID, leading them to believe their son had died. The case was first heard on March 21. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees the Coroner’s office, declined to comment at this time. On May 6, 2017, Frank Kerrigan received a dreaded call for any parent—a call from the coroner’s office informing him that his son, Frankie, had died. His body was found behind a Verizon store in Fountain Valley, California, Kerrigan family lawyer V. James DeSimone told The Epoch Times. Just two …