New York Doctor Demands $1.5 Million From Ex-Wife For Kidney

January 13, 2009 4:52 p.m. EST

New York, NY (AHN) - Many couples that split argue over real estate, a car or the kids. But one New York surgeon who gave his wife a kidney during their marriage is asking for some compensation-or the kidney.

Richard Batista, is a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center, went public with his demands for kidney compensation because he's become frustrated with four long years of divorce negotiations with his ex-wife, Digital Journal reported.

He gave the kidney to his wife in June 2001, and he claims she began an affair within two years of receiving the kidney.

Divorce lawyers say it's unlikely Dr. Batista will receive any money for the kidney. A Long Island lawyer, Seymour J. Reisman, told the Digital Journal that a kidney isn't really something you can put a price tag on.