If Mom and daughter are Jewish, I can see the reason for the upset. However, that's not mentioned in the story.
"If Mom and daughter are Jewish, I can see the reason for the upset. However, that's not mentioned in the story."
No, and I'm not saying she's Jewish. I have no idea, nor do I know about every religion's rules about this. I do know that Moslems also don't allow cremation.
As for a religion requiring cremation, Buddhism and Sikhism require cremation. I could not find any information regarding their views on embalming in a quick search.
Notwithstanding, there could be sects of Christianity which forbid embalming, but require cremation. I don't know. The point is that the story said that this whole thing was religion-based.
Whatever the religion, denomination, or sect, if the woman and her mother had strongly-held religious beliefs that forbid embalming, that is enough to cause considerable distress.
The amount of the settlement is not known here, nor is the motivation, except for the statement about a religious belief.
That is enough.