Scandalous Body Parts Lawsuit Going to Trial in Philadelphia
May 1, 2008 18:10

A class action suit was filed against funeral directors and others in Philadelphia by families of more than a thousand relatives who were dismembered and sold in a gruesome and illegal body parts scandal. The people claim their relatives body parts were harvested... (Read Article)

Business as Usual: Body Snatching, Body Harvesting
April 8, 2008 09:03

In what seems to be stranger than fiction but is actually appallingly true and affecting at least 244 dead bodies in Philadelphia and hundreds of living loved ones is the body snatching case that will go to trial later this year. Philadelphia Attorney Larry... (Read Article)

Philadelphia Law Firm Handles Body Parts Civil Lawsuit Cases
October 23, 2007 13:04

As reported in the Philadedlphia Inquirer (http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20071005_Body-parts_case_generates_hundreds_of_civil_lawsuits.html), Larry Cohan, partner in Anapol Schwartz, a Philadelphia law firm, has about 200 clients, 130 of them have... (Read Article)

Body-Parts Scandal: Anapol Schwartz Files Philadelphia Civil Complaint for Son of Local Woman Whose Corpse was Allegedly Illegally Harvested for Bone/Tissue Transplantation
October 19, 2007 13:22

Anapol Firm Files lawsuit for Body-Parts Scandal: Anapol Schwartz Files Philadelphia Civil Complaint for Son of Local Woman Whose Corpse was Allegedly Illegally Harvested for Bone/Tissue Transplantation. Read More.

FDA Scrutinized Companies Selling Human Tissues
June 29, 2007 11:25

The inspection blitz was prompted by two high-profile body parts scandals in 2006 when two companies that sold human tissue, bone, and other body parts were forced to close.The FDA discovered one was using tissue from a North Carolina funeral home and another... (Read Article)

FDA Says No Industry Wide Problems with Human Transplantation
June 14, 2007 10:52

June 12, 2007--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a report that concludes there are no significant industry wide problems in the recovery of human tissues used for transplantation.The report was issued by FDA's Human Tissue Task Force,... (Read Article)