Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Internet Defamation can carry a Big Price Tag

Interesting article I read today:

"A Florida woman who won a lawsuit against a Louisiana woman, who posted messages on the internet accusing her of being a "crook" and a "fraud" said of the State of Florida’s Broward Circuit Court jury award of $11.3 million "People are using the internet to destroy people they don’t like, and you can’t do that."

Read the rest here:
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/2452

I thought some of my blog visitors might be interested in reading it.

Jai

2 comments:

Paula said...

Oooo, very interesting! I have to agree. If someone slanders you and it affects your business, you should be able to sue.

Anonymous said...

thanks for the heads up!