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Jilted Bride Awarded $150K After Wedding Called Off

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HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- The jury has awarded a Hall County woman $150,000 after she sued her former fiance for calling their wedding off.

RoseMary Shell sued her ex-fiance, Wayne Gibbs, after he broke off their engagement in 2007.

Shell argued her fiance's promise of marital bliss amounted to a binding contract. She said she left a high-paying job in Florida to be with Gibbs and she said she has suffered financial losses since their break-up. She also said she has suffered emotionally.

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Gibbs testified that he had taken Shell on trips and paid $30,000 of her debt while they were engaged. He said when he found out she had even more debt, he canceled the wedding by leaving Shell a note in their bathroom.

Closing arguments were heard Wednesday morning and the jury awarded Shell $150,000 by Wednesday afternoon.

"People shouldn't be allowed to do that and hopefully he'll think twice before he does it to someone else," said Shell.
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WTFBBQ?!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!!

i hope appeals court overturns this gold digger's award.
 
Sigh.

What a joke......

So, what now your Vows in a wedding could be considered a binding contract as well? If I get divorced cause my wife stops working, but I said "Promise to love you, in good times and bad" I could be held liable for not loving her anymore cause she's a lazy fat POS that won't work???

Give me a break. The judge should have never let this go to trial.

I could see if she spent $150,000 of her own money to plan the wedding, but pain and suffering??

She caused it herself!!

Sigh.
 
so this old bitch was evidently deceitful about her debts yet she still wins. Something must be missing from the story. If not this bitch should be decapitated and the jurors should be shot along with everyone in the jurors' family.
 
"People shouldn't be allowed to do that and hopefully he'll think twice before he does it to someone else," said Shell.
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What? People shouldn't break off an engagement if they don't want to get married anymore? WTF? 😕
 
Originally posted by: Mackie2k
Sigh.

What a joke......

So, what now your Vows in a wedding could be considered a binding contract as well? If I get divorced cause my wife stops working, but I said "Promise to love you, in good times and bad" I could be held liable for not loving her anymore cause she's a lazy fat POS that won't work???

Give me a break. The judge should have never let this go to trial.

I could see if she spent $150,000 of her own money to plan the wedding, but pain and suffering??

She caused it herself!!

Sigh.
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Where does it say pain and suffering? She left her job to marry him. But she wasn't up front about her debts...
 
I hate to say it but I kind of agree, if the woman explicitly quit and relocated her job because she was getting married..

I can't believe I'm saying that I think women should get a cent.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Obviously he's semi-wealthy, he can afford a contract killer.
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To take out the jury??

I'm not surprised that she's suing...I'm surprised with the outcome of the case. I bet she layed on the whole naive thing real thick and played the victim.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: Mackie2k
Sigh.

What a joke......

So, what now your Vows in a wedding could be considered a binding contract as well? If I get divorced cause my wife stops working, but I said "Promise to love you, in good times and bad" I could be held liable for not loving her anymore cause she's a lazy fat POS that won't work???

Give me a break. The judge should have never let this go to trial.

I could see if she spent $150,000 of her own money to plan the wedding, but pain and suffering??

She caused it herself!!

Sigh.
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Where does it say pain and suffering? She left her job to marry him. But she wasn't up front about her debts...
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Sounds familiar doesn't it....

 
Whoa, wait, they weren't married yet. The wedding was called off, meaning it hadn't happened. So there were no promises made, only whatever the guy said to her while they were dating/engaged. Someone shouldn't be able to win a lawsuit because of that. If it doesn't work out, better that they find out before actually tying the knot. Wow, what is the world coming to?
 
Originally posted by: Mackie2k
Sigh.

What a joke......

So, what now your Vows in a wedding could be considered a binding contract as well? If I get divorced cause my wife stops working, but I said "Promise to love you, in good times and bad" I could be held liable for not loving her anymore cause she's a lazy fat POS that won't work???

Give me a break. The judge should have never let this go to trial.

I could see if she spent $150,000 of her own money to plan the wedding, but pain and suffering??

She caused it herself!!

Sigh.
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alimony is very real.
 
WoW just wow. I can't believe the judge even let this case come to court.

That to me is a sacrifice you make to see if a relationship will work out.
 
that's complete BS!!!! i can't even comprehend the shenanigans that were going on in that courtroom to distract the judge enough to let this happen.....
 
I wonder what would have happened if the roles were reversed in this case? Suppose a man sued a woman for the same reason?

... He would have been laughed out of court.

Double standards suck ...
 
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