Harvard must face lawsuit over 'horrific' slave photos -Massachusetts court

Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos, court rules

The judges said the university failed to contact a Connecticut woman before it published the images even after she reached about her ancestral ties.

Mass. Supreme Court rules Norwich woman can sue Harvard University for using photos of enslaved ancestors

The Massachusetts Supreme Court decided Thursday that a Norwich woman can sue Harvard...

Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos, Massachusetts Supreme Court rules

The court concluded the Connecticut woman and her family can plausibly make a case for suffering “negligent and indeed reckless infliction of emotional distress.”

Court: Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos

By PHILIP MARCELOBOSTON (AP) — A Connecticut woman who says she’s descended from slaves who are portrayed in widely published, historical photos owned by Harvard University can sue the school for emotional distress, Massachusetts’ highest court .The state’s Supreme Judicial Court partly vacated a a complaint from Tamara Lanier over photos she says depict her enslaved ancestors. The images are considered some of the earliest that show enslaved p…

Harvard must face lawsuit over 'horrific' slave photos: Massachusetts court

Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that Harvard University can be sued for mistreating a descendent of slaves who were forced to be photographed for an 1850 study by a professor trying...

Court: Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos

BOSTON (AP) -- A Connecticut woman who says she's descended from slaves who are portrayed in widely published, historical photos owned by Harvard