The famously versatile hot sauce Sriracha may be in legal hot water. Its manufacturer, Huy Fong Foods, Inc., is facing a public nuisance lawsuit brought by the town in which its manufacturing facility resides. According to the complaint, odors and irritants from the facility are causing physical harm and discomfort…
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An 83-year-old iPhone user sued Apple this week, claiming that she injured herself during prime winter holiday shopping season last December by walking "directly into the clear glass doors" at the company's Manhasset, Long Island Apple retail store in New York. Ouch! Who was at fault here? Plaintiff Evelyn Paswell…
Another New York trial court judge recently denied a defense discovery request for access to plaintiffs' Facebook profiles. New York State Supreme Court Justice Philip G. Minardo, sitting on Staten Island, ruled in Temperino v. Turner Construction Co., et al. that "[t]he mere claim that plaintiffs were members of FACEBOOK,…
More lawyers are learning the hard way that courts will not grant social media discovery requests without first laying a foundation for access to the accounts and information being sought. A trial court judge on New York's Long Island recently granted two different motions to strike defense requests for social…
Last week a New York trial judge denied a defense discovery request for a personal injury plaintiff's current and historical Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter account information. New York Justice George J. Silver of State Supreme Court in Manhattan reasoned that simply making conclusory allegations that a party's "Facebook account is…