Florida Supreme Court orders new trial in $1M lottery dispute

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Teddi — Sat, 30 May 2015 18:13:45 GMT

Interesting, the article I read stated that even though they bought the tickets at the same place, she bought a set of tickets and he bought a set. Two different transactions, they weren't paid for together. I believe that story because if all the tickets were purchased together, the judges would have had no reason to dismiss his case twice. Based on the other report, he was claiming a share because he said his money paid for the tickets she paid for and that they were still living together. Whi... [ More ]

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Drenick1 — Sat, 30 May 2015 17:49:35 GMT

Very sad to have been with someone all that time and then letting a financial windfall ruin everything including your character.

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KY Floyd — Sat, 30 May 2015 14:51:12 GMT

His lawyer is almost certainly working on contingency, so won't cost a dime if he doesn't collect. Hers will be billing her for every minute he can. If she was a teacher she probably has a pension, so even if she hasn't got any other assets he may be able to get a share of that.

Of course we may never know the truth, but it does seem unlikely that they just happened to show up at the store at the same time, and it's suspicious that they supposedly broke up but she waited until a couple of mon... [ More ]

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mypiemaster — Sat, 30 May 2015 03:38:06 GMT

The lawyers are smiling. Win or lose, the lawyers will come up winners.

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maximumfun — Sat, 30 May 2015 03:11:12 GMT

He'll get a judgment for 1/2. She will have already spent it all. The lawyers' fees will be over 200k and everyone loses except for the lawyers.

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Stack47 — Fri, 29 May 2015 23:03:11 GMT

The story doesn't say why the Supreme Court sent it back, but it doesn't appear to be because the jury verdict.

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music* — Fri, 29 May 2015 17:59:49 GMT

I hope that Justice is served here.

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Pbwsoon shawn — Fri, 29 May 2015 15:57:08 GMT

Agreed. It is sad that money has a way of coming between friendships.

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ThatScaryChick — Fri, 29 May 2015 15:46:51 GMT

It sounds like their relationship wasn't very good to begin with if one of the first things she did was break up with him right after she won. I don't know. I think if you buy tickets together then you should probably share, but who knows what's going on here since like Carbob said it's a lot of he said she said talk.

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CARBOB — Fri, 29 May 2015 15:42:27 GMT

The final results will be interesting, in this he said/ she said, unless he has witnesses. The Florida Supreme Court must have some doubts.

Florida Supreme Court orders new trial in $1M lottery dispute

Lottery Post — Fri, 29 May 2015 15:18:00 GMT

Howard Browning is a guy who does not give up.

In 2008, he sued his live-in sweetheart, a Seminole County schoolteacher, after she refused to give him half of the $1 million lottery jackpot she won.

They had a deal, he insisted, although it was unwritten: If he won the lottery, he'd give her half and if she won, she'd give him half.

A judge in Sanford threw out his case in 2012 after a jury had begun to hear evidence, and an appeals court later agreed. But on Thursday, the Florida Supre... [ More ]