Insurance Journal: 42 Lawsuits Pending Against Bloggers
"As of July 1, 2008, thirty-nine (39) states have seen 149 personal injury lawsuits and 11 criminal suits filed against bloggers," reports Christopher J. Boggs in a July 14, 2008, post at Insurance Journal. Boggs notes:
Forty-two cases are still pending and 18 suits were resolved through pre-trial settlement. Only seven lawsuits have resulted in judgment against the defendant blogger," he reports. Nearly 77 percent of ALL civil cases were found in favor of the blogger or saw the charges dropped by the plaintiff.
Boggs said "92 percent of blog-related suits making it to trial end in blogger triumph (additional information available at Media Law Resource Center). Odds at trial are overwhelmingly in the blogger's favor, but there is no guarantee that this propensity towards blogger victory will continue."
To read his entire post, please see "Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients 'SLAPP'ed!"
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