The high-profile children’s hospital uses donor money to engage in long and costly legal battles over wills.

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St. Jude Fights Donors’ Families in Court for Share of Estates <[link removed]> The high-profile children’s hospital uses donor money to engage in long and costly legal battles over wills. Here’s how St. Jude has created one of the most lucrative charitable bequest programs in the country. by David Armstrong and Ryan Gabrielson

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