Woman sued over tweet about mold

I liked the first comment in the actual article....20 people saw the complaint..now that they filed the suit, millions and millions...not smart in my world.

It's not "Horizon Realty" it's "Horizon Realty Group." And whether or not the statement was meant to be a "humerous rhetorical question" it is still a defamation to Horizon Realty Group. No matter what anybody says, Horizon Realty Group has a right to file this lawsuit. If HRG feels that this statement has tarnished their reputation, they have very good reason to do so. $50k is pushing it a bit though. They should have just come out and made a public statement to Twitter claiming their side of the so called "mold" problem. If they were then able to prove that the statement damaged their business, then they sould have followed through with the lawsuit.

I'm not defending HRG, I just know the system. The article did not mention that HRG was previously or currently (I can't remember) involved in a lawsuit with Amanda Bennen as one of the plaintiffs. She shouldn't have gone and opened her mouth about a pending matter to the public. This can not only damage their reputation, but it could have been used against them in court.

How many entities are doing business as Horizon realty anyway? I got 6 distinct corporate entities doing business as "Horizon Realty" in the first 10 search results, so the first question is how can anyone claim specific damages? Who is to say which entity she was talking about? Perhaps more importantly, the tweet was clearly meant to be a humorous rhetorical question, making satirical reference to the commenter's frustration over the handling of a troubling problem. Making a snide remark in a humorous manner is quite different from libel, and someone should shake the legal department over at Horizon until they wake up. 20 people followed this person's tweets... this was a dumb move that increased the number of people who heard the so-called "libel" exponentially, so any damages were self-inflicted.

love that graphic... poor tweets

Ugh seriously people are just idiots, this will get dropped before it ever sees a courtroom.

I had a guy threaten to sue me for libel because I posted a comment on an article about him stating I didnt care for the artist's work and when I hired him I thought he was unprofessional. Apparently people cannot express their opinion anymore without somebody getting their panties in a bunch.

FAIL WAIL!!

fuck twitter.

Someone from the company actually told the reporter that they sue and ask questions later. That's how they maintain the sterling reputation they claim has been libeled in their suit. Frankly, if they're suing every single person who calls them on being dicks, it might be cheaper if they just put hits out on all of them.

suing has replaced common sense, and it is more American than hotdogs, apple pie, or lemonade.

Here we go... It really isn't American until someone has been sued over it. I am so proud of twitter... It is funny though that only her 20 followers would know about the "mold" issue if Horizon Group Management had left it alone. Now it is plastered all over the internet and everyone with a computer knows. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz... Haw! Haw!

Where did this happen?? If America all she has to do is cry freedom of speech and she'll win hands down. In fact she could sue them for wasting her time and money for lawyers. I know I would in her case.

Whose the fucking stalker that was reading all of her tweets too that worked for the place where she lived? That's pretty fucken creepy, if I were her I'd move. They're probably smelling her panties when she leaves for work or something...

Unfortunately for those litigious pricks, "moldy" has more than one definition.

moldy |ˈmōldē| ( Brit. mouldy)
adjective ( moldier , moldiest )
covered with a fungal growth that causes decay, due to age or damp conditions : moldy bread.
• tediously old-fashioned : moldy conventions.
• informal chiefly Brit. dull or depressing : evenings filled with moldy old shows.

unless here lawyer is a moron they wont win.

awwwwww suing the real american dream

Lawsuits are a big problem in this country. They drive up the cost of every kind of insurance, yes, especially the cost of health insurance. Perhaps we should go back to settling disputes in the street and not in the court room, it is much quicker and cheaper.

Good question.

why is she not suing them?