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nydailynews.com - 1/8/2009

Long Island doctor Richard Batista to estranged wife: Give me my kidney back or $1.5M

— nydailynews.com — DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Updated Thursday, January 8th 2009, 2:30 AM Richard Batista can live with his... broken heart. He just can't bear his cheating wife living with his healthy kidney. The Long Island doctor wants the one-time love of his life to ... (more) Long Island doctor Richard Batista to estranged wife: ...

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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 1/8/2009

Doctor to Estranged Wife: Give Me My Kidney Back

— jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com — Sure, that'll work. If not, he'll graciously accept $1.5 million.A Long Island surgeon who donated a kidney... to his wife wants it back - or $1.5 million in cash - because she cheated on him. Dr. Richard Batista said Wednesday he felt nothing but joy when he gave his wife, Dawnell, the lifesaving ... (more) Doctor to Estranged Wife: Give Me My Kidney Back

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reason.com - 1/7/2009

Man Demands Return of Kidney, Redefines "Messy Divorce"

— reason.com — A man in from Ronkonkoma, New York, gave his wife a kidney during their marriage. Now she... wants a divorce, and he wants his kidney back (or $1.5 million in compensation) as part of his divorce settlement. And you thought your divorce was bad. Soon-to-be-divorcé and one-kidneyed man ... (more) Man Demands Return of Kidney, Redefines "Messy Divorce"

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Classy: Kidney donor wants it back in divorce
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Divorces usually bring out the worst in people, but usually they take the Shakespearean “pound of flesh” more figuratively than Dr. Richard Batista of Long Island.  Not only does he want his personal possessions back, he wants the kidney he donated to his wife returned as well .  Not to worry, though — he’ll settle for $1.5 million in compensation if she won’t surrender it: 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 ...

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The Moderate Voice — ... which took my mind off of thing for a bit. Those of you who have been married, or know somebody who is married, understand that women can be hard to deal with, particularly if things go bad and you’re facing a divorce. Never has this been made more clear than in the case of Dr. Richard Batista’s family in Garden City, New York. He is going through a lengthy divorce and his selfish, greedy wife, Dawnell, won’t even give back the kidney he donated to her seven years ago. ...

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans — USA Today: N.Y. man demands estranged wife pay him for kidney GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — 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. Dr. Richard Batista, a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center, told reporters at his lawyer’s Long Island office Wednesday that he decided to go public with his demand for kidney compensation because he has grown frustrated ...

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Rhymes With Right — After all, he is seeking to medically endanger (or financially bankrupt) his estranged wife in order to get a more favorable divorce settlement. 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. Dr. Richard Batista, a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center, told reporters at his lawyer’s Long Island office Wednesday that he decided to go public with his demand for kidney compensation because he has grown frustrated ...