Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Landlord Sues Tenant for Twitter Post

The Chicago Tribune reports:
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: "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it's okay."

Horizon Group Management filed a lawsuit against her this week, alleging that her statement damaged the company's business reputation.
Interesting.