Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53 million
Harvard University is paying $53 million to settle lawsuits from families whose relatives' bodies were donated to the university's medical school. The families say Harvard mishandled the bodies and that a former manager sold body parts on the black market. The settlement resolves disputes over how the university handled these donations.
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