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Woman Who Got Leg in Mail Sues for Anguish

An Alaska woman, shocked to receive part of her
dead father's leg in the mail instead of the
gourmet "LobsterGram" she was hoping for has
filed suit against the Houston firm that sent it,
alleging mental anguish, people involved in the
case said on Tuesday.

LaMara Lane wants $1 million for breach of
contract and the mental anguish that beset her
after opening what she thought was a food gift
delivered to her home in the Alaskan town of
North Pole, according to the lawsuit filed in
federal court.

But Identigene Inc., which does DNA testing,
said it was only following orders from a North
Dakota judge when it shipped the leg to Lane
late last year.

"We have a court order that says send it to
this place and this woman," Identigene President
Caroline Caskey told Reuters. "I feel like I'm
in the Twilight Zone."

The odd saga began in early 2000 when George
Semmens died in North Dakota. He left his
$200,000 estate to Lane, who was his only
child, but whose mother he never married.

A sister of Semmens challenged whether Lane
really was his daughter, which resulted in a
North Dakota judge ordering that his body be
exhumed for DNA testing.

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