One hospital’s trash is another man’s amputated leg. Or at least this was the case for 56-year-old John Timiriasieff.

Timiriasieff went to the Doctor’s Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida last October to have his leg amputated below the knee. This, as we can all imagine, was not a pleasant experience for the man.

However, to make matters worse, Timiriasieff received a knock on the door and was shocked to find homicide detectives there asking about foul play. You see, likely in an attempt to save fuel or prevent a forest fire, the hospital had apparently decided it was going to skip the incineration of the limb as would have occurred after most amputations, at least at other hospitals. Instead, it decided to take a much simpler approach: just throw out the leg.

Now, some advice for anyone who is going to be throwing out body parts in the future: when you throw away a human part, remember to remove the name tag before you do so. Otherwise, you will get caught a lot more quickly.

That is what happened here. The leg was found in a waste management facility where the shocked finder (at least I assume someone who just found a leg in the trash was shocked, though, honestly, I don’t know. Maybe they find weird items and body parts there a lot. This is, after all, Florida) swiftly reported it to the police.

The police investigation was made easy by the fact that the leg was labelled already. They didn’t need DNA testing as long as someone on the force knew how to read. Thus, they showed up on Timiriasieff’s doorstep shortly after he had already gone through emotional upheaval, wanting to know if there had been foul play.

Courtesy of Giphy.

Imagine you had to get rid of something you love. You go through the five states of grief. You deny it is happening. You get mad that it is happening to you. You bargain for any other situation. You mourn the truth. But finally, you accept that it has to be that way and you separate yourself from that thing that means so much to you – in this case, quite literally. Then, after you have finally accepted that it is gone, it shows up at your front door mocking you for your efforts. Would you be emotionally distraught?

Timiriasieff was. Or he said he was at any rate. And for this reason, he has decided to sue the hospital for emotional distress. To win, he needs the court to determine that intentionally throwing someone’s leg in the trash was outrageous conduct and that it actually caused emotional distress. Do you think he has a case? Or was the conduct not outrageous enough?

Ashley Shaw

Ashley Shaw is an Alabama native and current New Jersey resident. A graduate of both Kennesaw State University and Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, she spends her free time reading, writing, boxing, horseback riding, playing trivia, flying helicopters, playing sports, and a whole lot else. So maybe she has too much spare time. Contact Ashley at staff@LawStreetMedia.com.

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Many people would recognize actress Mila Kunis who is probably best known for her role as Jackie on “That ’70s Show.” She’s now engaged to Ashton Kutcher, and has appeared in a number of movies including the critically acclaimed “Black Swan,” and she voices Meg Griffith on “Family Guy.” Kunis grew up in the Ukraine, and was friends with a girl named Khristina Karo, now a “singer.” When they were seven years old, Kunis allegedly stole a chicken from the Karo family chicken farm. Now Karo is suing Kunis under claims of emotional distress that arose out of the chicken theft.

Karo apparently had one favorite chicken misleadingly named “Doggie.” Kunis also loved to play with Doggie, and when the actress was over one time, Doggie mysteriously went missing. According to Karo, the nefarious 7-year-old Kunis owned up to the chicken theft, saying to her friend, “Kristina, you can have any other chicken as a pet, you have a whole chicken farm.”

Karo claims that sought therapyafter this betrayal. When she moved to Los Angeles, the memories of her supposed friend’s theft came back to her, and she entered therapy once again. She claims that this emotional distress is preventing her from pursuing her dream of being a successful singer in the United States. She’s now suing Kunis for $5,000, which seems to be a pretty low request given that Kunis has an estimated net worth of $30 million, and her fiancé has a net worth of over $140 million.

The lowball request would seem to indicate that either Karo is sincere–which is unlikely, but possible–or that she’s doing this for the attention. Given her hopes of becoming a singer, this news pretty much screams publicity stunt.

If you’re interested in Karo’s music, check out her newest song, “Give Me Green Card,” below.

It also contains the immortal line, “Mr. Immigration Officer it is Kristina Karo with a K. A K, K. You know, like Kim Kardashian, only with talent.”

Karo’s publicity stunt does seem to be working, at least to some extent. Her YouTube clip of “Give me Green Card” had almost half a million views when I watched it. I can almost guarantee you that it wouldn’t have nearly that many had news outlets not picked up the story of her lawsuit against Kunis.

It’s pretty doubtful that this lawsuit will actually go anywhere, but Karo certainly seems to have gotten what she is looking for–“Give me Green Card” is sure to get really annoyingly stuck in all of our heads.

Anneliese Mahoney

Anneliese Mahoney is Managing Editor at Law Street and a Connecticut transplant to Washington D.C. She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a passion for law, politics, and social issues. Contact Anneliese at amahoney@LawStreetMedia.com.

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