alienation of affection lawsuit

• Phone Records Support $88k Verdict Against Mississippi 'Home Wrecker'

A Mississippi woman could not explain away 107 cell phone calls to a married man when she tried to set aside an $88,000 jury verdict against her in an alienation-of-affection lawsuit. Alienation of affection as a cause of action is a relic of the past in most states. Of the seven states that still recognize the tort, only in North Carolina and Mississippi do you see the victims of extramarital affairs pursuing such claims with any frequency.

• Lawyers USA
• December 20, 2011

• Adulterer Fights $112,000 Penalty ; Asks Top Court to Take Spurned-Spouse Case

WASHINGTON A plumber and a millionaire squared off in Mississippi over a woman. The woman chose the rich guy. The plumber sued the millionaire and won more than $750,000. Now Jerry Fitch Sr., a wealthy businessman from Holly Springs, Miss., wants the Supreme Court to step in and limit what a spurned spouse can collect through a lawsuit that claims "alienation of affection.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• October 27, 2007

• Ex-wife wins $500,000 in suit against new wife

A jury awarded a woman $500,000 in an alienation of affection lawsuit against her former husband's new wife, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Laura and Alford Patterson of North Carolina were married for 50 years before Alford began an affair with Herlindo Busurto, Laura claimed. Alford and Laura divorced in 2008 and Alford and Herlindo married later that year.

• Lawyers USA
• June 13, 2009

• Marilyn I. Garris, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. R. Schwartz and John S. Self, Partners, D/B/a Schwartz and Self, Defendants-Appellees., 551 F.2d 156 (7th Cir. 1977)

... against his wife, in his action for alienation of affections against the defendant. The courts in... for merely defending or prosecuting a lawsuit, and that the poor might be unjustly discouraged f...

• Federal Circuits

• In Mississippi Love Triangle, Winner Seeks Damages Limit -- Law Lets Spurned Hubby Sue Wife's Rich Paramour

WASHINGTON - A plumber and a millionaire squared off in Mississippi over a woman. The woman chose the rich guy. The plumber sued the millionaire and won more than $750,000. Now Jerry Fitch Sr., a businessman from Holly Springs, Miss., wants the Supreme Court to step in and limit what a spurned spouse can collect through a lawsuit that claims "alienation of affection.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• October 25, 2007

• Religious Right's secretive 'C street house' to be taxed.

...(R-Miss.) filed an alienation-of-affection lawsuit against a woman she claims ha...

• Church & State
• Vol. 62 Nbr. 11, December 2009

• In Brief

Mississippi Boots fit right in with Bryant's inaugural

... him out of elected office to avoid an alienation of affection lawsuit. Scott admits an affair with ...

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• December 26, 2011

• Nation at a Glance

Pennsylvania Black officers sue police department

... police officers has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department over an... seeks unspecified damages in the alienation of affection lawsuit she filed this week against E...

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• July 17, 2009

• Unborn children as constitutional persons.

...But when a lawsuit is commenced on behalf of an unborn child on the t... a civil proceeding for the tort of alienation of affections. (266) Yet, in colonial Pennsylvania...

• Issues in Law & Medicine
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 3, March 2010

• National News Briefs

Schwarzenegger, legislators at impasse SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers found themselves back at an impasse Thursday after they appeared to be edging toward a deal to close California's $26.3 billion budget deficit.

...Rep. Chip Pickering claims in a lawsuit that the Mississippi Republican had an affair that... seeks unspecified damages in the alienation of affection lawsuit she filed this week against E...

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 17, 2009