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Hubby Wants Kidney Back in Divorce

Doc wants cheating wife to return donation or pony up $1.5M

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jan 8, 2009 8:40 AM CST

(Newser) – A doctor is demanding that his soon-to-be ex-wife return his donated kidney—or at least the $1.5 million he says the transplant is worth—as the pair divvy up their assets in a divorce, Newsday reports. Richard Batista says his wife jumped into bed... Read full story »

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