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Long Island Surgeon Suing for Kidney Is a ‘Wackadoo’

Devyn and Chet meet for the first time under that bridge there.

Long Island surgeon Richard Batista gave his wife the gift of life when he donated one of his kidneys to her. But she enjoyed that life a little too much, and maybe had an affair with her physical therapist. So now he's demanding $1.5 million, which is the value of the kidney according to a medical expert he had appraise it. The physical therapist, who denies the affair, sums it up: "I feel bad for her because he's a wackadoo." [NYP]

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