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Man held liable for breaking off engagement
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-07-24 19:49
This case involved a man that proposed to a woman and she accepted. He later backed out. She filed suit for "breech of contract. Excerpt:
'A Hall County man owes his ex-fiancee $150,000 for breaking off their engagement, a jury decided Wednesday.
The six-man, six-woman panel spent about three hours deliberating before ruling in favor of RoseMary Shell, who sued Wayne Gibbs for breach of contract after he called off their nuptials.
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"You would be sending the message that if you have a dispute with somebody and you think they have been a scoundrel, go get a lawyer and hope the Brinks truck backs up to the jury room," Law said during his closing argument to the jury. "If you award one penny, you’re saying, ‘file frivolous lawsuits.’ "
The jury award was "significantly higher" than an amount Shell said she would accept during pre-trial settlement discussions, Sartain said.'
So how is this different when a woman promises not to get pregnant and both agree that they do not want children, then later she gets pregnant and "changes her mind". How is this any different? The promise is broken by the woman but he is held responsible for her "breech of contract".
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Smell That Stench!
Nothing more than another heaping pile of crap. Oh well, I guess next time a relationship doesn't go my way, I'll just sue the other person. Women seem to think that's okay.
I wonder how the trial would have ended if it was the women who broke it off?
Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!
Stick a fork in it...
What man in his right mind would propose to a woman now that he knows she can potentially sue him for his life savings if, for whatever reason, he decides to change his mind and call off the engagement? Knowing this, the logical man will simply refuse to ever propose. If I were a woman with any expectation of getting married, I'd be pretty pissed off that this one particular woman and her court case had just made it a little bit harder for me.
But that would be logical and feminists aren't known for logic.
Juries don't work - especially like they're supposed to
The "jury of one's peers" process is fundamentally flawed. I've seen a couple videos in the past, of entire deliberations where the jurors are talking and arguing... It's a joke - whatever most people have been led to believe about juries is a distortion, i.e. as to the way decisions are reached.
-ax
Not that far-fetched
My initial knee-jerk reaction was to declare the verdict and the law to be completely irrational on this point until I read this in the article:
QUOTE: "During the three-day trial, Shell testified that she quit a job paying $81,000 a year in Pensacola, Fla., to move back to Gainesville and be with Gibbs after he proposed in October 2006. In December he left a note in the couple’s bathroom expressing second thoughts about the marriage, and he broke off the engagement for good in March 2007. Shell, who now makes $31,000 a year working for North Georgia College & State University, sued the following June."
So, it does look like she suffered actual damages and one possible legal theory is that of promissory estoppel. She might even attempt to argue that a contract existed and that she had fulfilled her end of the contract--in exchange for the promise to marry she quit her job (consideration on here part) and now he hasn't performed his end of the bargain.
People's plans change all of the time and I'm not sure how I feel about the end result of the case, but I don't think it's as far-fetched and as ridiculous as you guys might think it is.
We just need to get the word out
Men - NEVER, EVER discuss marriage.
NEVER, EVER suggest a woman move to join you.
NEVER, EVER, EVER allow a woman to live in your quarters.
NEVER, EVER allow a woman to stay at your house, even for 1 night.
If you must sleep with her, do it at her place.
ALWAYS.
And continuously tell her (preferably with tape machine running) that, while you like her company, you really are not interested in something long term.
oregon dad
Hmm, far fetched!
The only person that would agree that she should get any money would of course be an attorney. The guy warned her, second thoughts? How many of us have had those? I don't know how many times I have been lied to by women, should I sue? Come on, buying into the legal clap trap is nothing more than buying into being manipulated by a bunch of people that consider themselves more intelligent than you, offering money if you just play their game. Get over it Folks. Oh the poor dear, it didn't work out, she made a personal choice, and nowhere was he accused of being a lier, or deceiver, so why should he have to pay, because we feel sorry for the females choices? Grow up!
David A. DeLong
manonthestreet I understand
manonthestreet
I understand Whipper Snappper's point. But it also need to be enquired if the proposal was coerced or was he pressurised. Also did she give up her job at his suggestion or was it done unilaterally and not at his suggestion.