(note: the woman had 20 followers. only 20 people at MOST read her tweet BEFORE she was sued. now the company suing her, horizon management, got ME and who knows how many more people to read about how they MAY be assholes!)
UPDATED: Rounding up the buzz... Will one Chicago woman's Tweet cost her $50,000?
Who knew less than 140 characters could potentially cost more than $50,000, in the form of a defamation lawsuit?
That's something Amanda Bonnen is discovering the hard way.
In May, the Chicago resident did what many of Twitter's millions of users do--she tweeted a complaint. Specifically, she tweeted THIS complaint:
Today, Horizon Group Management filed a lawsuit against her, alleging that her statement damaged the company's business reputation.
According to the complaint filed in Cook County court today, Bonnen "maliciously and wrongfully published the false and defamatory Tweet on Twitter, thereby allowing the Tweet to be distributed throughout the world.".............
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2 comments:
The whole world is lawsuit crazy and this giant companies are should be sued for being big bullies!
yes it is.
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