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Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M

First publishedAug 19, 11:46 UTC
Last updatedAug 20, 13:20 UTC · 4m ago
11 outletNew York Post11 outletThe Hill11 outletFox News Latest
New York Post5Harvard to pay $53M in suit over selling donated corpses on black marketOpen ↗The Hill7Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53MOpen ↗Fox News Latest6Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black marketOpen ↗
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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. Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, along with his wife and several others, was indicted in June...

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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. Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, along with his wife and several others, was indicted in June...
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    Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black market

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