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User ID: 46676493 United States 02/03/2014 07:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 'Yelp', Reviews & Lawyers Before you decide to trash your neighborhood coffee shop or local plumber on Yelp, take a look at how things ended for a Virginia homeowner who bashed her contractor on the popular review site.
Last week, a Fairfax, Va., jury found that homeowner Jane Perez defamed her contractor when she wrote a pair of scathing reviews of his services, accusing him of botching her home renovation and stealing jewelry during the construction process. The contractor, Christopher Dietz, answered her allegations with a lawsuit, suing her for defamation and seeking $750,000 in damages. [ link to finance.yahoo.com] |