10-07-2006, 08:34 PM
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Fla. Woman to Pay $11.3 Million for Online Forum Defamation
http://www.xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=17511
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WESTON, Fla. ? A woman who posted defamatory statements on an online bulletin board has been dealt an $11.3 million blow by a Broward County jury, leading adult entertainment lawyer J.D. Obenberger to say that website operators and Internet users need a wake-up call when it comes to the things they post on industry boards such as GoFuckYourself, hahahahahahahahahaha and others.
Susan Scheff and her company, Parents Universal Resource Experts, won the verdict against Carey Bock, who called the plaintiff and her company ?crooks,? ?con artists? and ?frauds.?
The verdict included $5 million in punitive damages.
Scheff filed the suit in December 2003, alleging that Bock posted defamatory statements about her on an Internet bulletin board viewed by parents of troubled teens, according to court pleadings.
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