Man who donated kidney to wife wants it back in divorce

BDx13 - 1-8-2009 at 01:11 PM

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1012751

clevohardcore - 1-8-2009 at 01:15 PM

imagine being his lawyer.

barc0debaby - 1-8-2009 at 01:55 PM

I hope that guy wins the case, if not the kidney then atleast the money for it.

Discipline - 1-8-2009 at 02:46 PM

I love how at the end they throw in "this is the first time this has come up in a New York State divorce case." Like it happens on a daily basis everywhere else.

XHonusWagnerX - 1-8-2009 at 05:59 PM

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Originally posted by clevohardcore
imagine being his lawyer.

his lawyer is Domonic Barber who is friends with Howard Stern and calls in to the show all the time. they called him today and talked about this and as insane as it sounds he made a decent argument for it. I dont think the guy will get anything, but it was a good argument!

random - 1-8-2009 at 07:26 PM

Sad that I know this...

He probably won't get crap for the "monetary value" of the kidney. It's illegal to sell body organs in the US, so they have zero monetary value. There are some insanely interesting ways that people get around it for kidney "donations" where two (or more) people who need a new kidney and have incompatible donors will find each other and swap donors who are compatible. The transplants take place simultaneously so that the "later" donor can't back out. Crazy, but true. I think they've done up to a quadruple transplant... maybe a quintuple.

moron - 1-8-2009 at 10:41 PM

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Sad that I know this...

He probably won't get crap for the "monetary value" of the kidney. It's illegal to sell body organs in the US, so they have zero monetary value. There are some insanely interesting ways that people get around it for kidney "donations" where two (or more) people who need a new kidney and have incompatible donors will find each other and swap donors who are compatible. The transplants take place simultaneously so that the "later" donor can't back out. Crazy, but true. I think they've done up to a quadruple transplant... maybe a quintuple.

When I needed a kidney transplant my stepfather talked about donating to someone he was a match for if one of their family members donated to me. Nothing came of it. And it's still a donation any way you look at it. It's just one family helping out another. Nobody in my family was a match for me so my stepfather wanted to see if another family was in the same situation and maybe we could help each other out.

As for asking for your kidney back in a divorce... what an idiot. Sounds like the dude is just bitter.

DaveMoral - 1-9-2009 at 03:09 AM

Theoretically he could potentially get rewarded the equivalent of any costs that he incurred for the procedure that his insurance company didn't pick up. Which would likely be whatever his co-pay was.

jonnynewbreed - 1-9-2009 at 07:27 AM

Moron. Your step father sounds like a decent human being.

BDx13 - 1-9-2009 at 07:38 AM

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Moron. Your step father sounds like a decent human being.

definitely a stand up guy.

random - 1-9-2009 at 09:09 AM

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Originally posted by jonnynewbreed
Moron. Your step father sounds like a decent human being.

definitely a stand up guy.