Friday 9 January 2009

Won't someone please think of the kidney? (Part 2)

A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation. ...

Matrimonial attorneys were quick to shoot down any possibility Batista would succeed. "I've been in this business over 40 years and I've never heard of that," said Seymour J. Reisman, a Long Island divorce lawyer. "It's not marital property, not a marital asset you can put a price tag on."

Manhattan attorney Susan Moss said, "The good doctor is out of luck and out a kidney. This is similar to cases where a husband wants to be repaid for the cost of breast implants and the such. Our judges are not willing to value such assets, so to speak."

Wow! And some men claim that women have a monopoly on spite and vengeance?
Grand merci to TD for the scoop.

2 comments:

Alison said...

Mr Kidney bears a more than passing resemblance to Emma Embryo

fern hill said...

Oooo. Might there be a new cartoon character -- Kenny Kidney?

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