The Price of a Broken Heart
Story based on actual events surrounding an important judicial dispute. After learning that her husband (Park Overall) has been having an open affair with his secretary (Laura Innes), the woman (Park Overall) decides to leave him because he has promised marriage. An obscure rule on alienation of affection, which was meant to protect married couples from house wreckers, is used by the wife to obtain a divorce and to bring a separate lawsuit against the secretary. This creates a new factor in the courtroom since the guilt of the other woman must be justified, and it eliminates the blame of the married spouses from consideration.
Released: 1999-08-16
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