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LOS ANGELES A jury has awarded $2.1 million to a woman who claimed to have been disappointed by her matchmaker.
Anne Majerik paid Orly Hadida, a Beverly Hills matchmaker, $125,000 and said at the time she was promised "a cultured gentleman" with an "estate of up to $20 million," the Los Angeles Times reported.
Majerik, a 60-year-old widow and social worker who lives in Erie, Pa., said all she got were a few introductions to some inappropriate men.
Orly, an Israeli beauty pageant winner who goes by her first name, told a far different story, according to The Times.
She and her lawyer alleged that Majerik is a serial suer of matchmakers and that the widow used her and the men Hadida set her up with, enjoyed herself and then claimed that she had been "psychologically damaged by the process" and demanded compensation, The Times reported.
Orly countersued, seeking "not less than" $700,000 from Majerik, The Times reported.
The countersuit claimed the widow "would often make impolite, rude and disrespectful inquiries to these men regarding their income, wealth and finances."
Several jurors said they had one regret: They wanted to award up to $20 million, but have the money go to charity, The Times reported.
The judge denied their request.
"We wanted to punish the defendant, but in the amount we wanted to punish the defendant, we didn't want to reward the plaintiff," foreman Christie Troutt told The Times. "They were both wrong."
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