A lady awarded 150,000

[emmett]

A lady from my home town here in Georgia has been awarded 150 K because her fiance decided he didn't want to marry her. Seems to me, he got out cheap!

Her attorney was our x-district attorney. She's a whacko too.

So what has happened as a result of it. Two days later, another case has been filed, in the SAME DAMN courthouse.

[diuretic]

Sounds like an action for breach of promise. I think we got rid of that a while ago where I am. It seems a bit strange that someone could actually bring that action nowadays.

But then I live in a place that had "wife auctions" until the late 19th Century!

[DragonStryk72]

Problem is, the law's probably still on the books, but just hasn't used for quite some time. We have a similar law here in Virginia that women cannot be out in public without wearing a corset (God, I pray for the day that gets enforced!). It happens alot with some of the older laws that no longer really apply, but that just aren't being used, really.

It really sucks, though, I mean, that is alot of money for anyone to lose, and there's gonna be more foolishness with it until the law gets resolved.

[actsnoblemartin]

excellent point, the laws can be really goofy sometimes

Problem is, the law's probably still on the books, but just hasn't used for quite some time. We have a similar law here in Virginia that women cannot be out in public without wearing a corset (God, I pray for the day that gets enforced!). It happens alot with some of the older laws that no longer really apply, but that just aren't being used, really.

It really sucks, though, I mean, that is alot of money for anyone to lose, and there's gonna be more foolishness with it until the law gets resolved.

[waterrescuedude2000]

tell the Beastly Bloody Tossers to sod off the sorry wankers.

[Hobbit]

Not so fast. This breach of promise was actually warranted, if a little malicious. She quit her job, packed up, and moved to Gainesville so she could help plan the wedding, be closer to her fiance, and sort of 'settle in' to the town. Not only was that a major inconvenience, but it was also a $60K per year pay cut. Then there's the embarrassment and such. She invested herself heavily into this marriage before he backed out, and I'm not sure she didn't deserve some kind of compensation. I really don't see a good guy in this case.

[5stringJeff]

Not so fast. This breach of promise was actually warranted, if a little malicious. She quit her job, packed up, and moved to Gainesville so she could help plan the wedding, be closer to her fiance, and sort of 'settle in' to the town. Not only was that a major inconvenience, but it was also a $60K per year pay cut. Then there's the embarrassment and such. She invested herself heavily into this marriage before he backed out, and I'm not sure she didn't deserve some kind of compensation. I really don't see a good guy in this case.

I've got to disagree with you. Whatever choices she was making, she was making on the foundation of a verbal promise (i.e. the engagement). Yeah, that's a lot of sacrifice for someone to make, and I feel bad for her, but she made those decisions on her own, so she has no one else to blame.

[actsnoblemartin]

I tried to get in touch with the court house, but they said i have to go through the atlanta journal constitution.

Im so mad, id like to tell the judge and jury, to sod of, and what about a bunch of wankers they are

A lady from my home town here in Georgia has been awarded 150 K because her fiance decided he didn't want to marry her. Seems to me, he got out cheap!

Her attorney was our x-district attorney. She's a whacko too.

So what has happened as a result of it. Two days later, another case has been filed, in the SAME DAMN courthouse.