Lawsuit Filed by Boggs’ Ex-Girlfriend Does Not Meet Legal Requirements
A commissioner ruled Friday that a $6-million lawsuit filed by the former girlfriend of Boston Red Sox star Wade Boggs does not meet legal requirements.
However, Eleanor Palk, Orange County Superior Court commissioner, said Margo Adams, 32, of Costa Mesa can redraft and refile her suit, which alleges that Boggs breached an oral contract to pay her expenses for joining him on Red Sox trips for four years.
Adams’ lawyer, James McGee, said the suit will be refiled.
“Score one for Wade Boggs,” said Jennifer King, attorney for the four-time American League batting champion.
Boggs, 30, who was in Boston for Friday night’s game against Detroit, said: “It’s a burden off my shoulders. This is good for me and my family. I was confident right from the start. I think we handled it the right way. I hope this is the end of it.”
The commissioner, who sits as a judge, sided with Boggs in rejecting the suit as being improperly grounded in law, but the ruling means the suit is alive and can be reconsidered if rewritten.
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