Ex-fiancée must return $70K ring after failed engagement, court says
Massachusetts’s highest court reversed a longstanding ruling by saying an engagement ring must be returned to the buyer if the wedding falls through.
Massachusetts Court Rules Woman Must Return $70,000 Tiffany Ring After Broken Engagement
The ruling marks a departure from a decades-old state rule requiring courts to assess who was responsible for a breakup.
Court: Man Who Broke Engagement Gets $70K Ring Back
A Massachusetts woman is out of luck, and a $70,000 ring from her broken engagement, after the state's high court ruled in her ex-fiance's favor. The Washington Post reports that on Friday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided Caroline Settino has to give back the piece of jewelry to Bruce Johnson,
Court rules on alleged cheater who kept $70,000 engagement ring in case that challenged state law
Massachusetts has overruled a six-decade ruling that engagement rings are returned to the offended party in a former coupling after one couple took their dispute to a judge.
Massachusetts SJC orders $70K engagement ring be returned to man in failed love story
A man who purchased a ring for an extravagant $70,000 will be getting it back from his ex-fiancée after breaking off the engagement when he grew wary of infidelity in the relationship, per
Massachusetts would-be bride must return $70,000 ring, court rules
Massachusetts' top court on Friday ruled that a would-be bride must return a $70,000 engagement ring from Tiffany & Co to her former fiancé in a decision that ended 65 years of courts in the New England state trying to sort through who is to blame when a relationship falls apart.
Revising the rules of engagement, court says jilted bride must give back $70,000 ring
Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute.
Massachusetts highest court nixes legal rule on which ex gets the engagement ring
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a 65-year-old rule that required judges to identify and give engagement rings to the wronged party in a break-up. “More than six decades ago, we recognized that an antenuptial ring generally is understood to be a conditional gift and determined that the donor may recover the ring
MA Supreme Court orders $70K engagement ring must be returned after canceled wedding
When a wedding is called off, what do you do with the ring? In the case of former Mass. couple Bruce Johnson and Caroline Settino, the answer was decided by the state's highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).
Court rules on who gets to keep $70,000 engagement ring after relationship ended
The ruling puts a definitive end to a six-decade-old state rule that required judges to try to identify who was to blame for the end of the relationship.
Court orders woman to return engagement ring after break up
After a dispute over a $70,000 engagement ring following a canceled wedding, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled it belongs to the buyer, ending a decades-old rule that tied ownership to who was at fault for the breakup.
A Massachusetts Couple Called Off Their Wedding. Who Keeps the $70,000 Ring?
The state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that if wedding plans crumble, the engagement ring must be returned to the person ...
Engagement Ring Spats No Longer Pivot on Fault in Massachusetts
Which party is at fault for a broken engagement should no longer govern how Massachusetts courts handle disputes over who ...
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Woman must return $70,000 engagement ring to former fiance, Massachusetts' highest court rules
Bruce Johnson and Caroline Settino were briefly engaged in 2017 ... Johnson appealed the decision and a Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in his favor. The appeals court said the SJC would have ...
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Man wins back $117k engagement ring after new Massachusetts court ruling
After a year of dating that included trips to the US Virgin Islands and Italy, Bruce Johnson bought Caroline Settino a US$70,000 ($117,000) diamond engagement ring from Tiffany & Co. Johnson ...