Woman awarded $11 Million for Defamatory Internet Posts

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I just read in USA Today that a woman won $11 million in a lawsuit in which she sued another woman for derrogatory internet posts. One woman called the other a "crook", a "con-artist" and a "fraud" in posts on the internet. The woman was not happy about being called these things so she sued the other woman and won an $11 million judgement.

This should be a lesson to everyone to use some discretion before posting.

Is there a link(to the article)? Who was sued, the poster or the web site, or both? The context of this case must be much worse than just what's on the surface here for that type of judgement. Very interesting.