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She Gave a Law Firm a Bad Online Review. They Sued.

Anto

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I have to agree that you DO have to learn and pay consequences for your actions.

Agree?.

https://www.newser.com/story/228783/nursing-student-sued-over-bad-online-review.html

Things went from bad to worse after Lan Cai, a 20-year-old waitress working her way through nursing school at Houston Community College, was hit by a drunk driver on her way home from work at 1:30am. She'd broken two bones in her back, and she'd never been in an accident before and thus needed help with insurance and entitlement claims, reports Houston Press.

She got some, but then she took to Facebook and Yelp to complain about the legal team she'd hired, alleging, among other things: "After 3 days, they didn't tell me anything about the doctor I needed to go to. I was in a lot of pain. Not only that, they didn't know where the hell my car was! And they came to my house and into my room to talk to me when I was sleeping in my underwear. Seriously, it's super unprofessional!"

Before she knew it, her attorney from Tuan A. Khuu law firm, Keith Nguyen, called her and threatened to sue for between $100,000 and $200,000 if she did not remove her negative comments, reports KPRC.

"We don't mind if someone writes a bad review, as long as it's true," he says, alleging that Cai's review was full of "half-truths" that she refused to remove or clarify. For instance, he says her mother invited the attorneys into her room, and they say they did know where her car was.

The suit has been filed, and when asked by Houston Pressabout whether Nguyen feels badly about trying to take so much money from a working student, he says, "She needs to learn—people need to learn that there are consequences for
their actions.



This one is funnier

[h=1]NYC dentist has sued 5 patients since 2012 over bad reviews[/h]




 
?? So can we(escorts) sue as well, if given a negative review? LOL!! Isn't a negative or positive review just somebody's opinion, and free speech...I'm surprised some would put so much effort into fighting something that imo is trivial.
 
cristycurves said:
?? So can we(escorts) sue as well, if given a negative review? LOL!! Isn't a negative or positive review just somebody's opinion, and free speech...I'm surprised some would put so much effort into fighting something that imo is trivial.


The facts of what happened are not anyone's opinion, they are the facts.

If you publish untruths about someone's actions that are damaging to their reputation, that's libel. If you choose to libel a law firm, you shouldn't be surprised to be sued.

Cristy if a review full of negative lies about what you did during a session were to appear about you, would you still consider it trivial? How about if you subsequently learned of clients who did not book you because of it?
 
SillyGirl said:
The facts of what happened are not anyone's opinion, they are the facts.

If you publish untruths about someone's actions that are damaging to their reputation, that's libel. If you choose to libel a law firm, you shouldn't be surprised to be sued.

Cristy if a review full of negative lies about what you did during a session were to appear about you, would you still consider it trivial? How about if you subsequently learned of clients who did not book you because of it?

Good question
 
SillyGirl said:
The facts of what happened are not anyone's opinion, they are the facts.

If you publish untruths about someone's actions that are damaging to their reputation, that's libel. If you choose to libel a law firm, you shouldn't be surprised to be sued.

Cristy if a review full of negative lies about what you did during a session were to appear about you, would you still consider it trivial? How about if you subsequently learned of clients who did not book you because of it?


That's a good point, I wasn't thinking of someone posting lies, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't read it carefully, as I didn't see where it pointed to anyone lying and believe me, I'm aware how some can post lies online and how costly it is to sue and troublesome it can make things.
 
Why Yelp is the most useless way to search for reviews. They delete those that advertise with them.
 
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