$12000 pink sapphire a fake, lawsuit says - The News Journal
Mary Ellen Frabizzio of Greenville told her husband a pink sapphire ring was at the top of her wish list. But nothing could have prepared Frabizzio for her birthday in October 1999. Her present: a $12,000 ring with a 4-carat pink sapphire and six diamond baguettes. I was jumping up and down for joy," Frabizzio said. Sixteen years later, Frabizzio can't even look at a pink sapphire without feeling sick. The report came back that the stone for which Sam Frabizzio had paid $9,000 alone – not including the diamonds and gold mounting – had been produced in a laboratory, according to court documents. The sapphire that Sam Frabizzio bought from Carl Doubet Jr. Jewelers in Greenville was actually worth $10 in 1999, court papers say. "I was extremely proud of that ring," Frabizzio said, adding the ring has never been out of her possession. Now, Sam Frabizzio, a Wilmington lawyer, wants the Carl Doubet Jr. business entities and its owners Nola Doubet Hendry and Frank Hendry to pay $37,500 to replace the ring, plus another $2,500 that he paid in insurance over 15 years, court... The Hendrys offered to replace the stone, but Frabizzio said she doesn't want another sapphire from them because of the negative association. Sam Frabizzio has sued in Delaware Court of Common Pleas alleging the Hendrys and their businesses engaged in deceptive trade practices and breached their contract to sell a natural pink sapphire. Source: www.delawareonline.com
