Harvard Agrees to US$53m Settlement over Body Parts Stolen and Sold

Harvard agrees to US$53m settlement over body parts stolen and sold

BOSTON (AP): Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay US$53 million to settle class action lawsuits by relatives of body donors whose remains were sold on the black market by its former morgue manager. Harvard Medical School Deans George Q. Daley and Bernard S. Chang announced the development in a letter to the community last Tuesday, calling the actions of former morgue manager Cedric Lodge “despicable, abhorrent, and a flagrant betrayal of…

Harvard Medical School to pay $53 Million in morgue scandal...

Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement after its former morgue manager stole and sold body parts donated for scientific research, with a court reportedly approving the plan on Tuesday. Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue at the prestigious Harvard Medical School before being fired in 2023, was sentenced to eight years in prison in December after pleading guilty to trafficking stolen remains. Investigators said Lodge and h…

Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53 million

Harvard University on Monday announced that it will pay $53 million to settle several lawsuits filed by relatives of people whose body parts were stolen from the medical school's morgue and sold by its former manager.

Harvard's $53M Settlement Over Stolen Body Parts Explained

Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits filed by families whose loved ones’ donated remains were stolen and sold by former morgue manager Cedric Lodge. A Massachusetts judge granted preliminary approval to the settlement, which compensates relatives of body donors and adds new oversight rules to Harvard’s Anatomical Gift Program. [1][3][6]   What Happened at Harvard With the Stolen Body Parts Between roughly 2018 …

Harvard to Pay $53 Million to Families of Donors Whose Body Parts Were Sold Off

Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to ‌resolve lawsuits brought by the families of those whose loved ones’ body parts were donated to its medical school only to be sold on the black market by its morgue manager.A state court judge in Boston preliminarily approved a class action settlement on Aug. 18 that would resolve the lawsuits filed against the Ivy League institution eight months after Cedric Lodge, the former manager of Harvar…