Guest guest Posted April 1, 2000 Report Share Posted April 1, 2000 Sorry I didn't exactly know how to post a new message and I didn't delete originial post. The coroners ooffice is in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton County. Kathleen Re: [Lyme-aid] Coroners office found guilty > Kathy, Is that Dallas Tx or Dallas some other state, sorry I don't recall > where you live, this is outrageous, this guy got caught but I would not be > surprised if many others get away with this. Glad your Ma-in-law will > receive some justice. > Thanks for posting, > Marta > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Nash <fyikat@...> > > > Dallas Morning News > Hey everyone, > > I thought I would post this but don't have a newspaper article to copy. > The news is that the coroners office where I live was for better than 10 > years removing the corneas of deceased patients and " donating " them to an > eye bank without permission ot the deceased or the family of. A fee of > $750.00 was charged for the actual removal of the cornea's but NOT FOR > SELLING THE CORNEA'S. > > It took 10 years in court and apparently the law didn't state that you > couldn't do that and now I think the law has been changed. I am a little > unclear on this part. > > My father-in-law was one of the persons whom this was done and my > mother-in-law was notified of the class-action suit. Which was just won and > the jury will award monies in July. > > It is not the money that my mother-in-law wanted. She would have given > them if she had been asked. Today they take cornea's tomorrow they take > whatever they want. They think they are ABOVE the law AND that they are > God. Geesh!!! The potential for some really evil things are here. FYI. > > Kathy > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > PERFORM CPR ON YOUR APR! > Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as > 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. > Apply NOW! > 1/2121/5/_/484634/_/954600787/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Send to -Offtopiconelist messages unrelated to Lyme, please. > Archives can be found at: > /group/lyme-aid. > They are filed by month, pick a month and search those archives for subjects you are interested. > Lyme chat, go to this URL: > /chat/lyme-aid > Should you have trouble opening the page, go back to / and make sure you are registered with a password. You can ask ONELIST to remember you, and will only have to do this one time. > To unsubscribe, send email to -unsubscribeonelist > You may substitute " subscribe " , or " digest " or " normal " for > the word " unsubscribe " ( " normal " is the opposite of " digest " ). Leave blank both the message and subject header. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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