Fight Over $70,000 Ring in Massachusetts Tests Rules of Engagement

Published on September 6, 2024

BOSTON—He put a ring on it. Can he get it back? That’s the question Massachusetts’ highest court will tackle on Friday when it hears arguments over who is entitled to a $70,000 Tiffany engagement ring after the would-be groom called off marriage plans and sued his former fiancee to get the pricey remnant of their romance back. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide not just whether to side with Bruce Johnson or Caroline Settino but whether to modernize the New England state’s law on engagement rings and maybe even break with other states by no longer bestowing special legal treatment on such rings—a system critics say often unfairly benefits would-be grooms....

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