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Virginia Woman Is Sued For $750,000 After Writing Scathing Yelp Review

Posted by samzenpus on from the sticks-and-stones dept.

First time accepted submitter VegetativeState writes "Jane Perez hired a construction company and was not happy with the work they did and alleged some of her jewelry was stolen. She submitted reviews on Yelp and Angie's List, giving the company all F's. The contractor is now suing her for $750,000. From the article: 'Dietz, the owner of Dietz Development, filed the Internet defamation lawsuit filed last month, stating that "plaintiffs have been harmed by these statements, including lost work opportunities, insult, mental suffering, being placed in fear, anxiety, and harm to their reputations." Perez's Yelp review accused the company of damaging her home, charging her for work that wasn't done and of losing jewelry. The lawsuit follows an earlier case against Perez, which was filed in July 2011 by Dietz for unpaid invoices. According to the recent filing, the two were high school classmates.'"

3 of 424 comments (clear)

  1. HEY INTERNET LOOK AT THAT GUY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This guy just bit off way more than he can chew.

    Ya done goofed, son! The consequences will never be the same.

  2. Push push push by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They are just making problems like child pron harder to solve as they force people to adopt an online lifestyle of hiding their identity in order to avoid legal entanglements over bullshit.

    I'm actually quite surprised we haven't seen a dedicated p2p darknet yet.... but they'll keep pushing such a thing to existence with all this nonsense.

  3. Re:Who are they? by kthreadd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has Apple actually done something like that?