Lawyer sues Yahoo over BB comments

[PrntRhd]

Lawyer got negative personal feedback on a Yahoo bulletin board so he sues for defamation.
Reuters story (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004080520030002585361&dt=20040805200300&w=RTR&coview=)

[Steve]

Geee...a lawyer with feelings...hehe ;) and someone said bad things about him...heh heh :rolleyes: and now his feelings are hurt...hahahahahahahahahaaaaa http://forums.tomcoyote.org/html/emoticons/rofl.gif

[Mark Miller]

Another lawsuit, by a lawyer no less
Who woulda thunk
What a waste of time and energy
Mark:)

[PrntRhd]

I would say the lawyer was "treated with the respect he deserved".....
;)

[Whyzman]

Hopefully, the court system where the lawsuit was filed believes in shooting down frivilous lawsuits. In the juristictions that I've heard of where they can rule against a plaintiff's frivilous lawsuit, the plaintiff winds up paying for any expenses the defendant might incur.