LINDH v. SURMAN


742 A.2d 643 (1999)

Rodger LINDH, Appellee, v. Janis SURMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 23, 1999.

Reargument Denied December 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Reilly, Pittsburgh, for Janis Surman.

Joanne Ross Wilder, Pittsburgh, for Rodger Lindh.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a donee of an engagement ring must return the ring or its equivalent value when the donor breaks the engagement.

The facts of this case depict a tumultuous engagement between Rodger Lindh (Rodger), a divorced, middle-aged man, and Janis Surman (Janis), the object of Rodger's inconstant affections. In August of 1993, Rodger proposed marriage to Janis. To that...

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