Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Florence, AL

Civil Law can be interesting reading. For example, after an engagement and nasty breakup who gets to keep the engagement ring? nnHattaway v. Coulter, 360 So. 3d 1047 (Ala. Civ. App. 2021)nnBackground: Former boyfriend filed a complaint asserting claims for conversion (civil theft), intentional infliction of emotional distress (made his life hell), and unjust enrichment (unjustly enriching oneself at the expense of another) against former girlfriend after former girlfriend refused to return an engagement ring. Former girlfriend filed a motion to dismiss. The Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Stankoski, J. of Baldwin County, in case no. CV-20-900339, dismissed the conversion and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims, and entered judgment in favor of former girlfriend and former boyfriend appealed.nnOn appeal, the Court of Civil Appeals, Judge Thompson, P.J., held that:n1. former boyfriend was entitled to the return of ring after former girlfriend terminated the relationship and broke off the engagement, andn2. evidence supported finding that former girlfriend was unjustly enriched at the expense to former boyfriend.nnTakeaway: You can...