Talk:Tortious interference

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HELP!!!

Need to know if "tortious interference with contract" can be used as related to marriage. Ex: Wife leaves husband for rich guy who was aware of marriage. Husband tells rich guy to see his way out of the relationship, but he continues to see the married woman regardless.

In this case, the marriage is the "contract", and the rich guy is knowingly interfering with the contract being fulfilled.

Someone please tell me if this is a legitimate case that could be brought before the court??? And based on experience, if you could actually win in court???

Thanks, Single Dad

Hey Single Dad,

I'm just doing some business homework and research.

It sounds like it could be interference with marriage as the contract. I'm in Business and would relate this to the wrongful interference with a business relationship. The "rich guy" is the defendant or the tortfeasor. The married woman is dating the rich guy and the husband knows about this. The husband talks to the rich guy and tells him to leave his wife alone. The rich guy refuses. Now the husband takes the tortfeasor and his wife to court. The interference to the relationship has no means of justification; therefore there is no defense on the part of the tortfeasor and the woman.

(Based on a true story) What if a couple is engaged and there are several perpetrators? One situation in particular involvs a guy named JR who uses a guy named Will to break up Demetrius and his fiancé. What happens in this situation is that Demetrius is dragged down into the dirt. He cannot pull himself up. This leads to the bottom of the pit and finally his near death experience.

Single mom

Actually, I believe there's a different cause of action in that case, for alienation of affections. bd2412 T 22:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

To single dad:

You situation is called "adultery", not tortious interference. The purpose of torts is to compensate the victim for damages, potentially above the value of the underlying contract. However, adultery is a ground of divorce (if your state requires such a thing) and for damages you would be entitled to the property of the marriage in whatever proportion the court determines is equitable.

69.60.135.226 (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)