Harvard to Pay Millions in Settlement Over Stolen Human Remains Scandal
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a lawsuit after a former morgue manager at its medical school was accused of stealing and selling human remains donated for scientific research. The settlement addresses the macabre scandal involving the illicit trade of body parts.
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Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts
Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to families who alleged the school mishandled the donated remains of loved ones.
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Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national scheme Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53m settlement to resolve civil lawsuits stemming from the illegal theft and sale of human remains that had been donated to its medical school for scientific research. A former Harvard medical school morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, 58, was sentenced in December last year to eight years in prison after he had pleaded guilty in May to stea...
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