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Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M

The Hill · August 19, 2026 at 9:54 AM

Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M

Harvard University on Monday announced 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 2023...

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