Lawsuits against Harvard in relation to a macabre scheme that led human body parts to be sold out of the morgue for several years may move forward, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday.

“Harvard’s extraordinary failure to adequately supervise the morgue’s operations and properly protect the donated remains in its care exemplifies the kind of ‘peculiarly pervasive noncompliance’ we have said can demonstrate a lack of good faith,” the SJC ruling states.

A Superior Court judge dismissed lawsuits related to the scheme, finding Harvard and the sued parties acted legally within a “good faith” defense.

The SJC partially overturned the decision Monday, allowing suits against both Harvard and the managing director of the Medical School Anatomical Gift Program Mark Cicchetti but not the manage

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