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June 1, 2001
Does adulterer owe damages?
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Adultery just doesn’t pay.
In fact, if Gorman v. McMahon is any indication, having an affair can be downright costly. In that case, a Mississippi jury had to decide whether a confessed adulterer should pay damages to his wife’s former husband.
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