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Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager

Headline from East Idaho News, on the newest of 3 developments

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay $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.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Harvard to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over theft of body parts

    Headline from Casper Star-Tribune ·

  2. Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53 million

    Headline from KXAN Austin ·

  3. Newest

    Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager

    Headline from East Idaho News ·

Reports & sources

37 articles, oldest first.

  1. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Harvard to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over theft of body parts (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits 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…

  2. InDepthNH

    Harvard To Pay $53M To Settle Cadaver Lawsuits (opens InDepthNH)

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    InDepthNH's feed description

    Harvard Medical School wants to pay $53 million to the families of people whose cadavers were mutilated by former morgue staffer Cedric Lodge, and then sold as parts online.

  3. BBC News

    Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to families who alleged the school mishandled the donated remains of loved ones.

  4. WWLP Springfield

    Harvard reaches $52.5M settlement in donor body lawsuit (opens WWLP Springfield)

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    WWLP Springfield's feed description

    Plaintiffs have reached a proposed $52.5 million class action settlement agreement with Harvard University and Harvard Medical School following allegations that donated bodies were criminally mishandled at the school's Anatomical Gift Program.

  5. NBC Boston

    Harvard Medical School to pay $53M to settle lawsuits over morgue scandal (opens NBC Boston)

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    NBC Boston's feed description

    An aerial view of Harvard Medical School on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, when a former employee of its morgue was charged in an alleged body part theft scheme.

  6. CBS News

    Harvard to pay $53 million after morgue manager sold body parts (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school.

  7. Boston

    Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement in body parts theft scandal (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    "We reaffirm our deep sorrow and empathy for the families of donors who may have been impacted."

  8. The Boston Globe

    Harvard Medical School to pay $53 million to settle class action lawsuit in morgue body parts scandal, records show (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Former morgue attendant Cedric Lodge pleaded guilty in 2025 to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to Harvard Medical School for research and education and selling the remains.

  9. Forbes

    Harvard Will Pay $53 Million To Settle Lawsuits Over Body Parts Stolen From Morgue (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The former morgue manager of the university’s medical school illegally took and sold body parts that had been donated for scientific research.

  10. Not The Bee

    Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts (opens Not The Bee)

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    Not The Bee's feed description

    This is a pretty wild story out of Harvard.

  11. The Hill

    Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    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.

  12. UPI

    Harvard settles for $53M in stolen body parts case (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Harvard University settled a class-action lawsuit for $53 million to families of those whose donated body parts were sold by a former employee.

  13. Phl17

    Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53 million (opens Phl17)

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    Phl17's feed description

    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.

  14. WPRI Providence

    Harvard settles body part theft lawsuits for $53 million (opens WPRI Providence)

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    WPRI Providence's feed description

    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.

  15. Fox News

    Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black market (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Harvard University agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits after former morgue manager Cedric Lodge stole and sold donated human remains.

  16. The Jewish Voice

    Harvard Agrees to $53 Million Settlement Over Shocking Morgue Body Parts Scandal (opens The Jewish Voice)

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    The Jewish Voice's feed description

    Harvard Agrees to $53 Million Settlement Over Shocking Morgue Body Parts Scandal By: Justin Winograd Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve a deeply disturbing class-action lawsuit brought by dozens of families whose loved ones donated their bodies to medical science, only to ha…

  17. Legal Insurrection

    Harvard Settles With Families Over Grotesque Case Involving Stolen Body Parts (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "morally reprehensible and inconsistent with the standards that Harvard University and HMS expect for the treatment of anatomical donors and their loved ones" The post Harvard Settles With Families Over Grotesque Case Involving Stolen Body Parts first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

  18. East Idaho News

    Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay $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.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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