Affair With Former Client’s Wife Costs Attorney $1.5 Million
A Mississippi attorney must pay $1.5 million for having an affair with a former client's wife. The Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed a jury verdict finding solo practitioner Ronald Henry Pierce liable to a former client for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and alienation of affection. Pierce said he expected an unfavorable outcome because the state high court had denied his bid to present oral argument on appeal. "I knew I was going to get screwed," he said.
