5 Alabama families sue UAB's Department of Pathology for removing organs from dead inmates without consent.
5 Alabama families have filed lawsuits alleging the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Department of Pathology removed organs from dead Alabama Department of Corrections inmates without permission from family members. The lawsuits, filed in Montgomery County District Court, describe similar circumstances in all five cases, with inmates having their autopsies conducted by UAB after their deaths. Following the autopsies, the families claim the inmates' bodies were sent to funeral homes without their organs.
April 18, 2024
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