The price of a broken heart
by Paul Shapiro, 1999
with Laura Innes, Park Overall and Timothy Carhart
Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman
(Park Overall) learns that her husband has been having a
very open affair with Lynn, his secretary (Laura Innes) and
has promised marriage. The wife sues for divorce and also
sues the secretary based on an obscure law on alienation of
affection, which was created to protect married couples
from homewreckers. This sets a new court room
consideration, as the culpability of the other woman must
be defended and removes from consideration the fault of the
married partners.
Laura Innes plays Lynn, the secretary.
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