Florida Man Sued Over Negative eBay Review

Posted by Amy Haas on April 20th 2010 to Administrative

Saw this article and thought it was timely addition to our discussion on defamation. Apparently, a man bought a clock on eBay and received it as a broken mess with parts that didn’t seem to fit together, so he gave the seller a bad review. Now the seller filed a $15,000 defamation lawsuit because of the bad review.  It seems like an outrageous claim but are online customer reviews no longer a safe area to give honest feedback? If this case actually wins, are customers going to have to be afraid that Sears is going to sue them if they don’t like their merchandise or service and they publish their opinions online?

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-man-sued-over-ebay-review-20100411,0,4827887.story

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