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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Alleged body part theft by harvard morgue manager spurs lawsuit | History Defined

Harvard University Lawsuit Cedric Lodge Denise Lodge Harvard Medical School HMS
The deans of Harvard Medical School have expressed 'sadness and distress' at accusations that a former morgue manager sold bodies donated for research [File: Charles Krupa/AP Photo]

The son of a United States woman who had her body donated to Harvard Medical School (HMS) for scientific research has filed a class-action lawsuit, following allegations that the university’s former morgue manager stole and sold body parts.

Friday’s lawsuit — submitted in the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Massachusetts — could include the families of as many as 400 people who donated cadavers.

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