Family Sues After Man's Head Found in Shed

abc ^ | 12/27/03

[knak]

Children Sue Medical Center After Learning Dad's Embalmed Head Was in Tool Shed for 11 Years

The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Dec. 27 — The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning their father's embalmed head was kept in a tool shed for nearly 11 years.

The head of Osie K. Whitten, who died Dec. 24, 1990, of colon cancer, was among 150 pounds of human cadaver parts allegedly removed from the medical center at the University of California, Davis, by a former autopsy assistant.

David Lawrence Beale, who worked for Pathology Support Services Inc., which managed the medical center's morgue and autopsy service, was arrested last summer after the remains were found among his belongings.

He pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving stolen property and possession of methamphetamines. Police say Beale told them he used the remains to hone his dissection skills.

The medical center, Beale and Pathology Support Services were named in the lawsuit filed by Whitten's children.

The medical center said it could not comment; it previously said it had changed the way human remains are handled. Pathology Support Services said Beale's activities were not part of his job.

[cmsgop]

This kind of stuff drives me outa my mind!

[Squantos]

I collect old wooden tops myself.......

[Hacksaw]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Dec. 27 — The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning their father's embalmed head was kept in a tool shed for nearly 11 years.

Well, maybe they were saving it in case they needed it later. I save old coffee cans, etc - never know when they might come in handy.

[eastforker]

Some articles just don't need to be posted but, it is your right to do so:( But it is a slow news day.

[FITZ]

by a former autopsy assistant.

That job obviously could attract a weirdo.

[Charles Henrickson]

So we embalmed his head
When he was dead, Fred,
And that's it a-hangin' in the shed!
All together now . . .

[Triple Word Score]

A weirdo acting outside his authority did something so aberrant no organization could possibly have predicted or prevented it. Somehow, this company was supposed to have been omniscient and omnipotent in its control over this particular employee.

This is the standard that makes 9/11 "Bush's fault."

I fail to see how this family was harmed by the defendant. Of course, there's a lawyer prepared to argue otherwise and a judge/jury prepared to buy the argument.

[Charles Henrickson]

[steveo]

Bart: Hey, Apu, this bag of ice has a head in it.
Apu: Oooh! a head bag! Those are chock full of... heady goodness.

[Lazamataz]

Children Sue Medical Center After Learning Dad's Embalmed Head Was in Tool Shed for 11 Years

The problem is, it was stuffed and mounted over a fireplace.

The deer that owned the property had no comment.

[Lockbar]

Hey, what ever happened to the story almost a year ago about the funeral home, I think in Georgia, that threw bodies out the back door for years. Something like 300 bodies were found lying in a swap or something like that? Anybody have an update as to what happened to the maniacs that owned that funeral home?

[Arpege92]

Has this guy completely lost his mind!!!!

[Drango]

Its tough to keep ahead of all the good posts here...

[Muzzle_em]

Gotta say...
This is a mighty fine topic for Haiku.
I'll be posting one shortly.

[Peelod]

"But it is a slow news day."

Here's another slow news day story from today's Forbes - but it was bumped to CHAT. If this stuff really works.......

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0112/048a.html

"A novel way, perhaps, to treat sexual dysfunction.
Here's what could stimulate demand for the recently approved morning-after pill: an "evening-before" nasal spray--for both him and her.

Palatin Technologies, a tiny Cranbury, N.J. drug outfit, barely received notice after its Nov. 19 conference call for investors to hear about plans for Stage 2 clinical trials of an erectile-dysfunction drug called PT-141. "We intend to aggressively advance [it]," said Palatin Chief Carl Spana, "in both males and females."

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[al baby]

Is this it?

[zarf]

Arthur "Two Heads" Jackson? Doesn't have the same ring.

I prefer "Two Sheds".

[buffyt]

Tie me kangeroo down Spo'
Tie me kangeroo down

[Charles Henrickson]