US EditionHarvard Must Face Lawsuits over Theft of Body Parts by Ex-Morgue Manager, Court Rules
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 12 lawsuits by 47 relatives can proceed, alleging Harvard failed to prevent morgue manager Cedric Lodge’s sale of donated body parts.
7 Articles
7 Articles
'Extraordinary failure': SJC says lawsuits against Harvard over morgue thefts can move forward
The Supreme Judicial Court says Harvard failed to adequately supervise its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, who admitted to stealing skin, brains and bones of bodies that had been donated to the medical school for students to learn from.
Harvard University may be brought to trial by families who accuse her of neglecting their red bodies that were given medical schools and then sold on the black market...
Families' Harvard morgue scandal lawsuits allowed to continue after dismissal
Massachusetts' highest court allowed civil lawsuits filed against Harvard University to continue after families whose loved ones' remains, donated for scientific research to its medical school, were stolen and sold on the black market appealed their dismissal.
Harvard must face lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager, court rules
Families whose loved ones’ bodies were donated to the morgue at Harvard Medical School, then dismembered and sold by an employee as part of a criminal scheme, can sue the school and the person who oversaw the morgue, the Supreme…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that lawsuits against Harvard University over a scandal involving the theft and sale of human body parts by a former morgue director can proceed. The court found that the university may have failed to properly treat the donated remains, Reuters reports.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
