Tweeting Spawns a Defamation Suit

It had to happen sooner or later.  Someone somewhere would find something from Twitter troublesome enough to file a defamation lawsuit.  The someone in this case is Horizon Group Management, of Chicago, who filed a libel lawsuit against a former tenant who tweeted “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay.”  The company seeks $50,000 in damages.  The complaint is here, thanks to the Chicago Sun-Times.  The Chicago Tribune also has a story on the case.  [MG]