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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1648)	4/20/2004 8:04:06 PM
From: dantecristo	Respond to of 1929

"Bankrupting the Baby Sitters Varian Medical Systems will not be deterred in collecting the more than $1 million owed to them by Internet gadflies Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day. While the California Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear Delfino and Day's case, for Varian, it's apparently all about the money. Delfino and Day, of course, happen to be broke. First, Varian, using the high-priced Pillsbury-Winthrop law firm, contemplated taking the couple's VCR ("High Rollers," Feb. 12). Now, the stakes are even higher. This week, Delfino and Day learned that Varian had garnished the savings and checking accounts of Day's two teenage daughters. From Day's 14-year-old, Tessa, the mega-company took exactly $896.84---most of it coming from baby-sitting earnings--and $237.98 from 17-year-old Tria. "We haven't told [Day's daughters] yet," confessed a perplexed Delfino. "We don't know exactly how to handle it. We don't know what to tell them. So far, we basically told them, Don't use your account because there's a problem with Wells Fargo. Should we have told them, Some guy came over and took your money because your parents were on the Internet? This is a tough one for kids to understand." Thomas Loran, Varian's attorney from Pillsbury-Winthrop, said it was not their intention to swipe the kids' money. "The only money we're seeking to levy are monies held in the names of Delfino and Day," Loran says. "If they're holding money in the trustee of somebody else or the accounts are set up in a child's name, we're certainly not levying on that. If someone has information that it was a mistake, certainly Varian would rectify that immediately." Otherwise, it's back to the neighbor's house for Tessa and Tria. There's legal bills to pay." metroactive.com