Didn't Mr. Greer himself commit "Breech of Contract" verbal and otherwise by not adhearing to his wedding vows? Those people living in glass houses should not throw stones.

Why doesn't Mr Greer have his wife arrested for opening his mail.  That is a federal offense to open mail not addressed to you

The bottomline is that he had a contract with the flower company and they broke the contract, Him having an affair is totally inmaterial to the issue. It could have been something else. If I were to break a contract I would be sued or fined and he is doing what, it seems  like, everyone in our society does when they feel they are wronged.

It is not Mr. Greers fault regarding the lawsuit, it is the attorneys fault. Attorneys have no regard for the Justice System. Attorneys have ruined this country especially since most of them become politicians. Just look at all the candidates running for President. Where are all the real people?? Lawyers are the only ones who can afford the money and time to run. A Law license is nothing more than a license to STEAL!!!!! Bush may not be a lawyer but he is by far the dumbest person ever in government.

As usual I seem to go against the flow of opinion. I totally agree with this man. Because of the incoompetance of this flower company, he has suffer financial loss and the flower company should be held accountable.

Thats whats wrong with Country of ours ! right away some body wants to sue insted of taking responsiblity for their own actions . This man should be ashamed of him self and if the courts award him any money shame on them !!!! I am GLAD his wife cought him now she knows what he is a LIAR!

I worked for a gift company several years ago, and part of the training for the job was specifically about this.  One given example- a man buys a gift for his girlfriend, secretary, etc.  His wife finds the charge on the credit card statement and calls the gift company to get more information.  We were told specifically NOT to give away any information to anyone except the buyer.  It is the company's responsibility to keep this information private.  This man has every right to sue the flower company!!!

Mr. Greers should know that "he made his bed, now
lay in it, and it's not always a bed of roses!"
How sad that our courts have to waste their time on such s foolish issue!

Well, this is just too much.  The same thing happened to me, my husband (of 34 years) bought his girlfriend a hutch for her dining room at Christmas, and the furniture store called me to see if everything was delivered and satisfactory....this was several years ago.  If he wins this lawsuit, there is something drastically wrong with our legal system.  You reap what you sow.  I hope he has many sleepless nights.

This is just CRAZY!  There is always someone trying to "sue" someone else.  He could have used a local florist or even better where was he living at the time?  More people see this as a moral issue and I don't feel he deserves any sympathy.  It's almost as bad as the "Judge" who tried to sue a dry cleaners over his pants!  More power to the ex-wife!  Maybe he will think twice about his actions next time.

This guy is a sneak, but, he was already in the midst of a divorce.  Is there any reason why he can't go out with someone if the marriage is already over?  If this other relationship did start before the divorce was filed then he deserves what he gets, but if it was after, then why should the ex-wife get anything more?  And from what I have read on the news wires, 800-flowers does have that stipulation in their contract, so it does seem a bit like a breach.  But everyone is so sue happy, there's a story Dateline should cover, fivolous lawsuits.

What a punk!  It's bad enough this guy is a degenerate, but then to turn around and try to make someone else responsible for his lack of morality and good judgment?! It takes some real ba**s to go on national television expecting the general public to have empathy for you when you're such a bum!  Pay up!

Leroy deserves nothing....He should be ashamed of himself, he cheated on his wife how does he think she feels. He is scum and I am so glad he got caught. There is nothing like public humiliation this should happen to other cheaters.

At what point are we as individuals responsible for our own behavior?  This guy wanted a marriage and a fling.  He deserves what he gets.  If he wanted to keep his dirty little secret, use cash!  My best to the wife and she should be glad he was caught and get thisd man out of her life.

I don't understand how you can blame someone for sending a bill or thank you note to your home if that is the address you gave them when you ordered the flowers. The flower shop did not just look up the mans address. He had to have given them the address they used. Sounds like he is the one responsible for the information being sent to his home.  This sounds like a friviouls law suit to me.

Leroy deserves nothing....He should be ashamed of himself, he cheated on his wife how does he think she feels. He is scum and I am so glad he got caught. There is nothing like public humiliation this should happen to other cheaters.

First of all, a marriage is not a CONTRACT it is a COVENANT as stated in the conversations from the interviewers.  When two people enter into a marriage they go before God and make a convenant to live their lives together forever. But in the world we live today everything is disposable, nothing is sacred. Everyone is all about ME, if you are not happy, why work on the marriage and get to the root of the problem, instead lets get rid of it and move on. If everyone would try to work things out instead of thinking they don't think it's worth it,or it's too much bother, we would not have such a huge divorce rate in this country. Marriage takes three,husband, wife and God to help them through.WE need to get out of this ME, ME, ME attitude and this world would be such a better place to live. This man is a sad, sad person. He needs to get his priorities in order. What makes him think this other woman will make him any happier. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. He needs to be a man and take the fault for being an adulterer and not try to get money from the florist to pay for his mistakes. Get a life Mister Greer!

THIS IS WHAT HE DESERVES.  SHAME ON YOU FOR THINKING YOU NEED A REWARD FOR WHAT HAPPENED FOR A REASON. YOU ARE WRONG AND WRONGED YOUR WIFE SO NOW YOU GOT WRONGED BY THE FLORAL COMPANY.  KUDOS TO 1800FLOWERS

I do not condone cheating in any way, but that isn't what this case is about.  The flower company, not Leroy should be looked down upon in this case.  In actuality the flower company was at fault because of their breach of contract.  Hopefully this incident will teach the company to be more careful with sll information, requested to be confidential or not.

I have not read the other comments because of the ones read on the show. I agree that has the man did cheat on his wife is horrible the lawsuit has nothing to do with it.  The information included in the reciet/thank you could be used in so many illegal ways if given to the wrong person.   If this was any other company, not a flower shop, then no one would have a problem with this lawsuit. An example is the statement below on this page; Remember me? (We'll keep it private).  Will you?, 1-800-flowers did not for this guy!

The florist (1-800-FLOWERS) employs an ill conceived and irresponsible marketing campaign which relies upon the financial and purchase history information of a client to attract further business. The release of personal information, or the hint of client purchases (to anyone) is inappropriate and should be punished harshly. Business should treat all transactions with clients as priviledged information, and should protect customers as cherished patrons who provide prosperity. The wife would never have got this information from the doorman.........

Mr.Greer may be a faithless hubby, but the florist failed to live up to the contract...period. We seem to forget that the case is about that and not whether the man got what deserved. All plaintiffs are not sympathetic...they just have to be right!

This just further proof of how coruptable the law can be. Mr. Greer went to the most inexpensive way to purchase flowers for a new relationship. He is trying to hold someone he has no knowledge of all the marketing and policies of this companies responsible for commiting the breach of contract they had no oblility assure. Mr. Greer by his own admission stated that he was not having an affair. He was already in the middle of an divorce and was attempting reconciliation at the time this mistake occured. Mr Greer. Your wife is now continued to go through with the the divorce because it appears you took measures to end the proceedings in order to continue to be completely dishonest to her in an effort to keep your money. She probably threw out the original settlement agreement due to that further attempt at deception. Your actions showed you had no intention on being honest and making changes to your life in order to continue to be married. It is humiliating to see you take advantage of our legal system in this matter. I am offended to see an obviously successful, in buisness only, african american male make such an idiotic mistake but use the media to further embarrass the rest of us by this sad attempt of recompensation of being stupid. I should consider a law suit against you sir. For allow ing this matter to be displayed in a continued matter that you have definately removed all doubt of your dishonesty and intelligence. In addition to showing of your counsel as no more intelligent and honest as yourself. If the new recipient of your affection does not know the how dumb and cheap you really are, she get any sympathy when you attemp to get rid of her. I do suggest if you at some point do not become aware of your idiotic behaviour and decide to continue in your ways. Please be smart enough to pay first for the privacy you need. In that way I don't have to be humilliated by your actions and spend the rest of this week feeling like another Caveman commercial was made to humiliate our "kind".  To everyone else I do apolgize for my rage. I just have not gotten over the Washington DC. lawsuit filed against a dry cleaner. I just awoke to to see this I flew into a rage. I do apologize. GOD I NEED COFFEE!!!!            

I really disagree with how the today show presented this story.  It's none of our business but sense everyone thinks it's funny, I'm adding my comment.  They guy said he was in the process of a divorce.  What's the big deal about having a girlfriend.  You see it all the time on TV.  He was no longer living with his wife at the time.  That's all that really matters.  Now,  I say oh well to the Thank you note going to his house.  Things like that happen.  I ask companies not to send me things at home but they do anyway.  I think it's wrong and he may have grounds base on that fact alone to sue.  I really disagree with his wife being able to obtain additional information.  They (1-800-Flowers) should have a better policy in place. If he asked for discretion, he's the customer, so he should have recieved it.  Regardless of the other facts.  

This guy is a total idiot!!!! This is the perfect example of karma and he deserves everything that's coming to him!!!

Is Mr. Greer calling the kettle black?  He broke his marital contract by having the affair.  How dumb to you have to be?  One don't send any kind of a present to the supposely former girl-friend when trying to reconcile with your wife.  Another case of DAAP (Dumb As A Post).

It is his own fault he shouldn't have been cheating to start with. I hope his wife does get more money just for putting up with his crap! Once a cheater always a cheater. that should be a message to his girlfriend.

A couple of months ago I got a call from Capital Ones' fraud protection department concerning my credit card account. Their question was did I attempt to charge 2400 dollars at 1800flowers.com.
Capiatal One denied this charge to my account and contacted me. Result was new account number and cards (many of you know the routine).
 While I can't prove the flower company is involved in a fraudulent charge scheme, I can believe it in my own mind. Therefore I'm on Mr. Greers team 100 percent and hope the flower company gets what's comming to them.
Grandma called cheating and stealing "ill gotten gains" and promised no good would come from it.  If she was right , the 1.5 million wont serve any good for Mr. Greers' life either. LOL

wow what easy money order some flower's and sue i was just wondering if that wasn't his adress they send the copy of purchase to how did they get it if he didn't tell them lmaoooo good grief hehehehe

Mr. Greer,
I heard you and your attorneys pycho babble this morning and you should just go back to your girlfriend. Give thanks to what happened and let the courts deal with REAL cases that are important... UHHH like murder, child predators, and thieves.   Why are you so angry when you should be thankful you can move on with your life with the other Chick.  And your wife does not have to deal with being so humiliated.  You are giving the nation a huge laugh.

I think the guy might have a case. I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me, if 1-800-Flowers had sent the bill to the man's own address, he probably wouldn't have a case. But because they released his personal information to a third party without his consent and actually sent a receipt to an address where he did not live and to a person who had no right to receive his personal information, I think he has a case. Have you ever heard of HIPPA? It sounds like this is essentially the same thing only this case involves a flower business and their duty to protect private information rather than medical providers protecting medical records.

I think everyone is turning the situation around. Him and his wife are going thru a DIVORCE already, yes maybe it had something to do with the GIRLFRIEND.

BUT he is not living with his soon to be exwife and has the right to have a girlfriend and the RIGHT to send her flowers if he wants to.

1800flowers DID NOT have the RIGHT to send out any information about the order to anyone except for the person ordering and paying the bill. I feel 1800flowers is in the WRONG TOTALLY and should of checked addresses before sending anything anywhere!!

I can guarantee if it was me I would do the same thing and it's NOT someone trying to make a quick buck by suing someone. It's someone standing up for his RIGHTS and the RIGHTS of all AMERICANS!!!!!!
 

You go, Meredith!  I'm in full agreement that Mr. Greer got caught and is trying to put blame on the florist shop.  He just needs to fess-up and take it like the cheating man he is!

How sad is it that NBC cannot find anything more relevant to our daily lives or of more significance globally, than some idiot and his lawyer trying to rationalize why his getting caught cheating is a big deal AND someone else's fault. Hello.....WHO CARES!!! I have to admit it was a near immediate channel changing moment, so I didn't have to see it all. Gee NBC, that other show I watched was good. I hope you don't promote too many channel changing moments.

I am sure there is already a repremand set down by 1-800-FLOWERS for when an employee who makes this kind of mistake, just like any other company would have.  The kind of trouble this mistake has caused Mr. Greer is his own fault.  You are not supposed to cheat on your spouse.  The employee should pay for dropping the ball at work but the company should not be made to pay for someone else's infidelity.  We are trying to have a society here people.

The man and his spouse entered into the contract of marragie.  That entitles both parties to euqal access to all information related to their finances.  The flower company had no option but to release the information if the purchase was made on a card they jointly shared.
This is the price of infidlity.  There would be no lawsuit if he had gone to the store and bought the flowers with cash.  Foolish mistake which he is going to pay for, for years and years.
Compounded by the foolish mistake of going public with a lawsuit.  Write the check and go home, you blew it.

No wonder Americans are the laughingstock  of the world. To allow this kind of frivolous suit to even be considered in the courts is a travesty of our judicial system, and further proof that having money has nothing to do with class.

As long as Mr. Greer was separated, I don't see what was wrong with his actions.  If he was separated and trying to reconcile, what is the deal with sending flowers?  The point is this, he specifically asked the flower company NOT to send anything to that address.  In addition, some have said (I have not read) that the company has a policy to not send.  
Now determining damages, hmmm, think it might be stretching it a bit to say this is the whole reason his soon to be ex-wife increased her settlement amount.  This may have been her intention all along if they couldn't work things out.  I do believe the flower company breached their agreement and there is some damages done here.  

As a former employee of 1-800flowers.com in their corporate offices on Long Island, I can't tell you how often mistakes are made by this company.  I'm quite shocked that the girlfriend received the flowers at all! Seriously, the company has to assume some accountability for their mistake, which believe me, is not the first one.  Let's see them sqirm out of this one....

Would anyone open their financial transactions records for  public viewing?  Of course not.  How we spend our money is our personal business and this case should be treated this way.  In fact, financial transactions/records should be treated just like personal health records, they are both private. 1-800 flowers breached thier contract and they should be held accountable.

Sorry Mr. Greer but you deserve nothing, you are trying to cheat the system the same way you cheated on your wife. You act as if you are the victim, you are a man, act like it and take responsibilty for you actions.  Better luck next time buddy!! And your lawyer or what appears to be one, is just like any other lawyer, a shark, or better yet, an ambulance chaser!! GET A LIFE, BOTH OF YOU!!!

I'm sorry maybe I'm looking at this from a different perspective. This man and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce. A settlement had been reached. They were moving on with their lives. The floral company had no right to disclose a copy of the receipt to his wife. She was able to capitalize on that information. They should be responsible for their carelessness.

What this author failed to leave out was that 800 Flowers did not send the receipt to Mr. Greer's home out of malice. It was sent after his wife received a discount coupon in the mail that was generated by a mailing list of customers who have recently ordered flowers and specifically requested it.

I work for FTD.com.  We take the customers privacy VERY seriously. If the customer requests to remain a secret.  They do.  The only way we release info to anyone is if we get permermission from the customer.  Only then will we tell the recipient.  

It is unfortunate that the cat was let out of the bag. However, committing adultery until the final decree is walking a fine line. So the guy did not get what he asked for..how many of you have bought something and it turned out not to be what you had expected? The cost of the flowers he should receive because the warrantee on said purchase that they would not send anything to the home was violated. The service was bad, but would that give us a reason to sue a restaurant owner if we received such service? Sue the waitress / bartender? In this case his demise like probably thousands before him who have been found out for one reason or another. Does this mean a person could sue a friend if in conversation with a husband and wife, that the wife was having an affair..does this mean the wife can sue the friend? Same thing here. It is like someone telling the person that her husband had a mistress. So what.

First off - I used various flower vendors to purchase gift, including 1800Flowers.  I have never, EVER had them contact the recipient nor have I received anything in the mail - everything was done via email.  

I will lay money that the genius used a card that was still in Joint Name.  If he is going through a divorce and hasn't cancelled credit cards in joint names, he's an idiot.  

This guy and his attorney deserve to be smacked with frivilous lawsuits just like theirs.  He needs to let the big head do a little more thinking and give the little head a rest.

Morally, he was wrong and doesn't have a leg to stand on. However, legally that was a breech of contract whether his motives were wrong or right. I pray he doesn't win but I believe he does have a case.

This guys is an idiot... if he didn't want anything to be sent then he should have updated his billing address and then nothing would have been sent to the old address on file. 1-800-Florist did what all florists and edible arrangement companies do.. send a thank you to the billing address and then a month later send a coupon for repeat business.. if he didn't want that then he should have updated his record. Seriously. There's no breech of contract. Their agreement is to send an arragement to the correct place. No one sues when they send it late why can they sue over sending a thank you note... seriously...

Separated or not, no man who is serious about reconciling with his wife is going to have a girlfriend.  Her was married... with a girlfriend.  I don't care how oyu try to spin it, that's cheating.  If I was his wife I would be pissed too.  The guy was keeping a 'spare' on the side incase things with his wife did not work out.  The florist made a mistake, I am sure he will see the consequences of that.  But they shouldn't be inflated because some guy wanted to keep his affair a secret.  No one is responsibile for that but yourself.  Like so many have said already, he needs to stop playing the victim and be a man.

Please!!!!!!!!!  Privacy laws should be intended and utilized for much more important things other than "flowers".  This discussion is utterly ridiculous.  Mr Greer put himself in this situation, and now he wants 1800flowers to get him out of it.  Who would he sue if a friend or aquaintence had outed him instead? I suppose if the wife called to check cell phone charges, he would sue Verizon/Sprint, etc. too?  Since he obviously has no integrity or remorse for his indescretion, he should at least be ashamed of his collosal stupidity.

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