Accountant Sues Craigslist Over Negative Post About His Services
from the yeah,-that'll-work dept
And here’s a lawsuit that’s going nowhere fast. Alex points us to the news of a NY accountant, Leo Kehoe, who is suing Craigslist for $1 million because someone insulted him on the site. He is also suing the anonymous user, who called him a “fraudulent scumbag” who “will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them.” However, it sounds like he got some very bad advice from his lawyer, who he claims told him: “Craigslist should have known the posting was false and untrue and would subject Kehoe to ‘ridicule, disgrace and prejudice.'” It sounds like his lawyer is unfamiliar with Section 230 and the long list of caselaw that makes Craigslist not liable for the content created by users on the website. The individual person who wrote the post may have some liability (and even that may be a stretch), but Craigslist should be able to get out of this case pretty quickly. At some point, though, you would think that courts should start sanctioning lawyers who file lawsuits that clearly will be dismissed under Section 230. In the meantime, though, it would seem that a lot more people are now aware that someone out there was quite upset with the service he or she got from Mr. Kehoe than if he’d just let the Craigslist post go away. Also, isn’t filing a questionable lawsuit even more likely to result in ridicule, disgrace or prejudice?
Filed Under: accountant, craigslist, leo kehoe, libel, section 230
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Comments on “Accountant Sues Craigslist Over Negative Post About His Services”
lmao…
Craig's List
Craig’s List was very recently sued in a federal nationwide class action by a vet in Long Beach, CA (Cats & Dogs Animal Hospital and Dr. Greg Perrault). Sales people reportedly offered to remove derogatory comments if the vet would pay or subscribe to Craig’s List. He refused. More negative reviews appeared, followed by more pressure sales pitches. The complaint states this was a common practice that bordered on extortion. The complaint was filed by two law firms, one in Miami and San Francisco.
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Links or it didn’t happen…
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Nope, pretty sure that was Yelp. Craig’s List doesn’t sell reviews as far as I’m aware
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Just verified, yep it was Yelp, not CL, not even close.
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…wanker.
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Way to be confused about life. This was yelp.
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I think you’re thinking of Yelp. I called this out in on techcrunch last year 🙂
Craigslist is one of the good guys. They’re more concerned about their users and freedom of speech, than the billions of dollars they have been offered many, many times.
You made a funny!
Ridicule, disgrace or prejudice from who? Other lawyers? Judges (aka lawyers)? Politicians (aka lawyers)? They are all patting each other on the back all the way to the bank.
I swear, there’s a bar association bet out there on who can tie up the legal system the most with these idiotic lawsuits…and probably a shot of sambuca riding on it.
So let me get this straight, Leo Kehoe is a fraudulent scumbag who will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them? Or not.
If Leo Kehoe is a fraudulent scumbag who will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them, you probably should not use him as an accountant, in my humble and subjective opinion.
In fact if Leo Kehoe is a fraudulent scumbag who will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them he should probably lose his license, in my humble and subjective opinion.
In conclusion, if Leo Kehoe is a fraudulent scumbag who will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them, he’s probably also douche, a retard, and gets his rocks off killing puppies, in my humble and subjective opinion.
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Leo Kehoe hasn’t denied raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 1980, either.
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What?! So Leo Kehoe is a fraudulent scumbag who will botch up your tax returns and forget to submit them, according to someone’s allegation, and he has not denied raping and murdering a 12 year old girl in the 80s?!
In my humble and utterly sarcastic, uninformed, and subjective opinion, the guy is most likely a sociopath.
Makes sense
Probably the accountant did taxes for the lawyer and the lawyer did not had the money to pay him. So the accountant is making him fight embarrassing lawsuits.
BTW, do you know why this lawyer has no money? Probably because the same accountant manages his finance.
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Probably the accountant did taxes for the lawyer and the lawyer did not had the money to pay him. So the accountant is making him fight embarrassing lawsuits.
BTW, do you know why this lawyer has no money? Probably because the same accountant manages his finance.
heh, you may well be right..
In a way, I feel a bit bad for some who get bad reviews on sites. You can tell some of the reviews are fake and they really can effect someones business as people may look at it for whether to use them or not
Defamation
Anonymous reviews should not be permitted and Craigslist should pay restitution for publishing this cowards defaming remarks. IMA FISH is a ret-tard and should consider themselves defamed by their own posts.
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“Anonymous reviews should not be permitted “
And this is why you are posting anonymously?
My review
Leo Kehoe can’t take it like a man. Avoid.
Family-friendly online selling
Negatives Craigslist stories seem to pop up on the hour. Check out AmericanListed (www.Americanlisted.com). It’s a free, hyper-local, family- friendly, online classified site, where you can sell to neighbors in your community. Postings remain on the site for three months; and associates review all posts before publishing them to filter out inappropriate content. It’s a great alternative to other sites that have “adult” content and attract scammers.
since cl polices and reviews posts they may have some responsibility.
DELIBERTE deletion of my postings
i want to hire an attorney to sue these guys for deliberate deletion of my ads that NEVER violated any rule but got deleted by a staff for NO REASON ever given.