[Yeti]

You would be suing the dead guy?

No, I would sue the preacher who betrayed the trust of the family by turning the purpose and tradition of a eulogy upside down to hurt people during a very vulnerable time. It is generally considered bad form to speak ill of the dead, to do so at his funeral is especially wicked and cruel.

[Cultural Jihad]

Perhaps so, especially considering the resulting broken nose. Personally, I'd leave these matters in the hands of the family itself, as we can only speculate and conjecture blindly about the dynamics going on here. Should they have called the cops to evict the nephew? Gotten a court order to stay 100 feet away from the coffin? As a final note, the prophets of old might have suffered a broken nose or two, too, or much worse, but we don't automatically consign them to hell on that account.

[RGSpincich]

It sounds as if the deceased was guilty of the betrayal of family trust, fraud and fornication. You would sue the related pastor for pointing this out in his attempt to save other lost souls in the family? This is a family matter, not something for the courts.