01-11-2006, 10:23 AM
Quote:An Ohio man who claims that he was humiliated by two other participants in an AOL chatroom has sued the two men for causing emotional distress and the ISP for failing to stop the alleged abuse, according to a report from Law.com.
The case, which is due for a hearing in an Ohio court today, is said to be the first of its kind.
According to Law.com, Medina County resident George Gillespie sued Mike Marlowe of Alabama and Bob Charpentier of Oregon after the two men began teasing him online.
Other reports suggest that Gillespie was himself indulging in a little banter in the chatroom, making fun of Charpentiers girlfriend, and posting a picture of Charpentiers home online...
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/10/..._chatroom/