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

Harvard Medical School has agreed to a $53 million settlement to resolve class-action lawsuits brought by relatives of body donors. The legal action follows a scandal in which a former morgue manager stole and sold donated remains on the black market.

The settlement, announced in Boston, involves Harvard Medical School Deans George Q. Daley and Bernard S. Ch, addressing the grievances of families whose donated remains were mishandled. The lawsuits stemmed from the illicit trafficking of human body parts originating from the institution's morgue.