Harvard must face lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager, court rules

Massachusetts court rules Harvard can be sued over ex-morgue manager selling body parts

"It had a legal obligation to provide for the dignified treatment and disposal of the donated human remains, and failed miserably in this regard, as Harvard itself recognized."

Lawsuits against Harvard over stolen body parts can move forward: court

By Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald (TNS)BOSTON — Lawsuits against Harvard in relation to a macabre scheme that led human body parts to be sold out of the morgue for several years may move forward, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday.

Possible Tort Liability for Harvard in Donated Cadaver Parts Theft Case

A short excerpt from yesterday's long Massachusetts high court decision in Weiss v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, written...

Harvard must face lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager, court rules

Harvard University can be sued by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue, Massachusetts' top court ruled on Monday.

Harvard Cadaver Lawsuit Resurrected

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org A Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge is bringing the Harvard cadaver lawsuit back from the dead, ruling Monday that college officials can be held liable for the gruesome scheme. Associate Justice Scott Kafker overturned a superior court ruling that barred the lawsuit brought by dozens of families whose relatives donated their bodies to science through Harvard Medical School’s Anatomical Gift Program.  “The…

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court allows families to sue Harvard Medical School over mishandled remains

The families who say the remains of their loved ones were mishandled by Harvard Medical School can now sue the school, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday.