Libel/Slander article in Sports Car Market magazine

You mean he filed a suit for that amount, or actually got a judgment for $1M?

 

Read the article, no surprise. When it comes to situations that go bad, and the potential of litigation looms, the best comment to make is, "no comment", then hire an attorney.

There are usually three sides to every story, yours, theirs, and the truth.

 

Jury awarded $2.9 million to the restorer.

 

I was going to bring it up here myself becasue there are several people on this board that really need to read it!

Dave

 

Can anyone post the story on here?

 

How do you know he's not fat?

 

franklin, not to hijack your thread, but SCM is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just what this country needs; more contigency fee lawsuits.

Anything to make it easier to sue someone is a GREAT idea.

 

wow, no one can speak there minds anymore, opinion or otherwise.... we should all be mimes. (sp)

 

I'm sure you're just being facetious.

Dr. Barry Wolinsky

 

Suing to settle a matter of honor seems a little pansy-ish.

 

Problem is that we're all in the mass media business now. When everything that was published was in a newspaper or book, there were (hopefully) talented copy editors looking it over and checking facts. The fact is that slander (verbal) and libel (print) have always been illegal. I am an editor and copy editor, and some of the things I read here make me cringe.

Big companies are wary of using 'blogs and discussion forums like this one internally because any hothead can post anything.

There have been a couple of threads recently, about Naples Motorsport and Putnam, that really didn't belong here. Both were a lot of hearsay.

I know we don't need more lawsuits or lawyers, but libel is serious business and anyone who posts here or elsewhere needs to know that.

 

can somebody post a link to the article? I did a quick search through SCM and didn't find it.

 

In a country governed by oligarchy, cronyism, and special interest lobbies, it sure is.

 

I'm sure you'd feel different if someone had slandered your good name. I agree, however, that there are waaayyy too many vultures out there posing as attorney's taking advantage of the laws.

Cyrus

 

Did i just see an ambulance go by!?

 

I have a business and my name comes up on a board similar to this from time to time. So far, all has been positive or at least accurate. However, I deal with thousands of customers. If a screwball decides he hates me and posts lies that lead others to not buy from me, you bet I will be looking for the matter to be settled amicably with an apology. But, failing that, I will sue. This is about food on the table as well as honor. A lot is at stake when someone sets out to hurt a business. If you lost your job because some nut case libeled your employer, you might think differently.

Dave

 

You have to pretext everything with "in my opinion" company such and such did a terrible job restoring my car. No one can sue you for expressing your opinion.

Using the Putnam thread, the originator could have said things like:

"in my opinion Putnam over charged me for returning my lease early"

"in my opinion the customer service at Putnam was poor, as I felt the time laspe to return phones calls was excessive"

"I feel that the $12,000 termination fee was excessive"

"I feel that the person I dealt with at Putnam was not 100% forth coming in presenting the details of our transaction"

And good luck to the guy collecting the 2.9 million, chances of that happening are zero.

 

Time to transfer the assets to the Caymans and declare bankruptcy.

 

Or the Cayman S.

 

Once again proving theres no such thing as "bad" publicity!

 

Not true. Speak your mind as long as it is factual, not embellished with metaphors, and does not include negative personal references. You can not call someone a thief, until that is proven in a court of law. You can describe the situation without emotion, but you can not publicly add your opinion since it has not been definetively proven.

I am sure if the tables were turned and someone misunderstood your intentions, you would be pleased to have your reputation protected and be allowed to present your side before being crucified.