Judge allows lawsuit against UAB over alleged misuse of inmates’ organs to proceed

Alabama judge denies motion to dismiss prison organ theft lawsuit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- A lawsuit against UAB regarding the alleged theft of organs from a federal prison inmate will move forward. A judge denied a motion Wednesday morning to dismiss the lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The lawsuit is based on the alleged theft of Matthew Herrell’s organs. According to his family, Herrell was an inmate at the federal prison in Talladega when he died in 2023. His family said after he died his organ…

Jefferson County judge allows organ harvesting lawsuit against UAB to proceed

A series of prison cells. A Jefferson County judge Wednesday allowed a lawsuit alleging UAB harvested the organs of a deceased federal inmate without his family's permission to proceed. (Getty Images)A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge Wednesday denied a request from the University of Alabama at Birmingham to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a federal inmate whose organs were allegedly harvested after their death without the fam…

Judge allows lawsuit against UAB over alleged misuse of inmates’ organs to proceed

Families of inmates who died in prison are accusing the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) of using their loved ones' organs for research without permission, and a lawsuit against the university is moving forward after a judge denied UAB's motion to dismiss.