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

Harvard will pay $53 million to settle lawsuits following the theft of body parts from its medical school morgue. A former morgue manager illegally took organs and tissues from bodies donated for scientific research and sold them on the black market. The settlement addresses the legal claims resulting from these unauthorized removals. The university is resolving the disputes after the discovery that donated remains were exploited for financial gain by the former employee through illegal sales.