Thank you for your response, you have always been helpful answering my questions and it is appreciated. I will go look at the thread you bumped after I finish this post. I did actually speak to several lawyers, I have access to a handful in my work. I do not believe there is anything in the US or California penal code that addresses this matter. The issue I worry about is people, people meaning law enforcement or my donors peers and colleagues , incorrectly assuming an arrangement had been made prior to the surgery. I do not care what anyone thinks of me or my wife, this is my son and I would never have to justify saving my sons life, if anyone thinks otherwise they don't have to associate with me or my family. I only worry because I don't want anyone to ever think for a second that this man, this angel from heaven did this great brave thing for anything but altruistic reasons.
Not to go too far off topic it is a delicate issue. I don't see how it could be illegal because MUCH more absurd, blatant and extreme cases of compensation after doing something where pre compensation would be illegal have taken place. I will give you a couple mind blowing examples.
There are a handful of major criminal cases ( Abe hirschfeld, don king to name a few) where people have rewarded juries AFTER getting a beneficial verdict!! Hirschfeld handed every juror at a trial 2500 dollars after a hung jury and that's legal!! The fear is the NEXT jury will have this knowledge and will act accordingly at retrial. Don king is known for taking entire juries on vacation after winning a criminal trial. This of course tells the juries if you vote not guilty you get a free vacation. Those examples, I could post more, are absurd but 100% accurate.
I was just wondering if anyone knew of any specific examples of generous gift giving after the fact and if so, how was these actions perceived and where they any ramifications, legal or otherwise.