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Northbrook, Ill., husband Arthur Friedman persuaded his wife that after 10 years’ marriage, they should become a swinging couple, which he thought would enhance their relationship. His wife, reluctant at first, began to participate and eventually fell in love with another swinging husband, an event that precipitated the Friedmans’ breakup, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.

Friedman, with an inadequate appreciation of irony, sued the husband under Illinois‘ alienation-of-affection law, and in June, a jury actually found in his favor, for $4,802.87. However, the soon-to-be-divorced Mrs. Friedman said she felt humiliated by the implication that she had been “worth” just $480 a year. [Chicago Sun-Times, 7-1-07]