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Man wants wife's kidney back--or $1.5M
Doc from Ronkonkoma wants donated organ -- or equal value -- back from wife as part of divorce settlement
When Dr. Richard Batista's wife needed a kidney, he gave her one of his.
And now that Dawnell Batista has filed for a divorce, he wants it back.
If he can't get the kidney, his attorney, Dominic Barbara of Garden City, said Wednesday that his client wants $1.5 million -- which, he said, reflects in part the value of the kidney transplant.
Dawnell Batista, 44, of Massapequa,...
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