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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:43 PM Original message |
Woman sues for 30K after nursing stranger's baby |
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Laf.La.Dem. (924 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. WOW - $30,000.00 |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a crock |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. this thread has some potential! I think the proper resolution is the other new mom |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. A stranger's baby got all the protection HER baby needed. |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. No, sorry. |
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Randall Flagg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Damn. That's one expensive pint of milk. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But it wasn't just milk. It was antibodies and other necessary stuff, wasn't it? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Antibodies, huh? for 30k a pop, she charges more than the pharma corps! |
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Randall Flagg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I don't believe the antibodies and other "necessary stuff" disappear after the 1st feeding. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. The colostrum is available for longer than a few feedings... |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. Colostrum lasts for days, far longer than one feeding. n/t |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
61. Real that must have been a hungry baby if he/she consumed all the antibodies. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
74. they're not all in the first feeding. colostrum, if that's what you're thinking of, is |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Pint? Try two to four ounces |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Actually, those first few feedings are more like |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Yeah, I know: nibble, nibble, sleep |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
88. Well, the shyster is her husband |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
73. The mother most certainly does have a case for negligence and battery. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mom should learn to share :) |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Agreed. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Awful internal feeling futures may shoot sky high, if she wins. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. My best friend and I fed each other's babies.. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. TMI |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It's just FOOD.. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. But it comes from BREASTS! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. No, it is not. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. that's nice! I had forgotten all that since it's so long ago.. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
76. zOMG, I had no idea |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. I would be more pissed off if i were the OTHER mother. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. The horror! She may have contracted baby cooties! |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hope the judge fines her $40K for the frivolous suit. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Come sit by me |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Quite a fuckup on the nurses' end, but |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. What a nasty woman. |
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WindRiverMan (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. That is what I was thinking.... |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. It was a mistake with no ill consequences. The Medical system doesn't need lawsuits like this. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. It's almost as if this case is an argument for |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Only if this case goes to court |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. $30,000 for five minutes of "bonding"?! I don't think so . . . . |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Why not? That's about what Elliot Spitzer paid. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. BURN |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. did she dine at the olive garden before delivering? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
78. No, but I bet she owns some pit bulls or at least knows someone who does. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oops. Oh, well, get over it. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jesus Christ. |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hope she never sees |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
79. Zing! |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
86. You beat me to it.... |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. This thread has not lived up to its potential..Where's Stinky??..LOL...n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Get the moms on Maury Povich. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. Interesting details in other articles - hubby is also plantiff's attorney??? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Contact info for hubby/lawyer's firm: |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. As a Mom who breastfed |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That's was my first thought, too. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yes, |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Agreed. I wonder if she was even informed. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
84. Since she was at the same hospital, it was likely the same thing |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Jello? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
90. Exactly - the baby is the one with anything to worry about |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. What a Crock |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. What are the current fees for a wet nurse |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. She will get 20K in go-away settlement money |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. If they give her $21K then it's easier for her lawyer to calculate the contingency fee |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Really!?! My brother's kids were determined wrong in two of three pregnancies. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Sick, ain't it? Yes. Imo it's tempting fate, or karma, to say you |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I unwittingly came across the following site a few weeks back. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Award her a $5 wet nursing fee. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wonder if the other family will sue her for possible infectious disease transmission. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
80. OMG, I hope "an awful internal feeling" isn't contagious. |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. People have the craziest shit to worry about. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. not sure that rises to the level of negligence - don't babies and moms |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. If they had coded bands, they weren't checked properly. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. Oh good grief. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. "awful feeling" makes it sound as if she is likening this to being sexually assaulted |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. When my mom had my sister |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. You skeptics need to read the rest of the story. The reason she's upset is that it... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. LOL |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. wearing a diaper? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. This is wrong. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. As a mom who nursed four babies... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
66. The reason I'd give for not being handed an/o woman's babe in the hosp has nothing to do with milk! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
67. Some people will try anything to win a game of lawsuit lotto |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. Babies, they all look alike. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:44 AM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Ah, you!!!! |
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Randall Flagg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. Not reported: |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
75. Hell, I'd feed the wrong kid for 30 grand. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
82. she seems like a disgusting person |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
83. So I guess that makes the legitimate claims of malpractice, negligence and misconduct total crap. nt |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
87. She couldn't recognize her own BABY after a whole DAY? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
89. Oh brother |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
91. Frivolous lawsuit like this taint every justified one |
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