Comments on: Something Borrowed, Someone Sued: One Bride Wins $150,000 After Being Jilted While Another is Sued for Being Too “Ugly”

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:06:51 +0000

Maybe this is another example when a prenuptial agreement might have helped. If nothing else, when the negotiations on the prenup break down, they have both saved alot of money and stress. Even if the groom to be signed and then backed down, at least they both know what to expect in damages.
One other thing,I do not agree with the jiltee keeping the engagement ring. I don’t mean that from a legal standpoint. If I am going to pay $150,000 to a woman I am not even married to, I’d have to have the ring back. It would be a deal breaker for me. Maybe its a pride thing, but I would want the ring.

By: jonathanturley

jonathanturley — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:39:24 +0000

Correction, Mark, if anything it is another reason not [to promise] to get married.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:28:07 +0000

This is yet just another good reason not to get married.

By: jonathanturley

jonathanturley — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:30:50 +0000

Arlene:

I see your point. However, this would seem to create a new and broader alternative to palimony lawsuit. Here, you are entitled to enforcement of an oral contract that is not guaranteed until vows are taken. I just wonder where we would draw the line.

By: arlene hoffman

arlene hoffman — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:44:47 +0000

Not only is this a mature person, but it is harder to find a good paying job when you are a matures person, who gave up her job but also sold her home and with the housing market probably took a loss. In this particular case only, I agree with the judgment.

Arlene-Cleveland

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:02:22 +0000

rafflaw
1, July 24, 2008 at 8:07 am

I am not sure if this case walked into my office that I would have taken it. It just has a dirty feel to it

I knew there was something I liked about you.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:01:00 +0000

Contract or no I don’t think the Massachusetts judicial system should be, uhh..”pandering” to mr Pandey.

Leaving ones job to get married is a common occurance and a personal decision of the bride, so I don’t see how any award could be produced for what essentially constitutes “bad judgment” on her part.

Even if their is a contract, I’m not even sure it would be recognized by Mass or US law.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:07:08 +0000

That was one expensive jilting. $150,000 for saying I think we should not get married is pretty rough, but the jiltee did give up her job to marry this guy so I can see the contractual issues. If only he hadn’t ended the relationship via the note in the bathroom. It may have been cheaper for him to go through with the marriage and get a divorce.
As to the Hindu woman who was ugly, I don’t know what to say. Isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder? Can a jury hold a father liable for thinking his daughter is beautiful? From a practical sense, I am not sure if this case walked into my office that I would have taken it. It just has a dirty feel to it. And from the comment in the story that the father of the would be groom has a litigious history behind him. If the bride’s family is not fortunate enough to live in “Belchertown”, but resides in India, it will be a tough collection, even if the Groom’s family wins the case. Is it possible that their was a written contract here?