A comment on the net that could be expensive

Kathleen Frenette

Wednesday, 7 march 2018 15:58

UPDATE
Wednesday, march 7, 2018 16:05

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A “bad comment” issued on a discussion site Facebook targeting truck drivers could cost dear to its author, who is sue in defamation for the sum of $75,000.

In October 2017, Keven Parent, a man of Lévis, was on the discussion forum ” Driverscamionneuses du Québec 2.1 “, which includes almost 25,000 members for a comment on the company Gauthier Resources inc.

The man stated, among other things, that the company at the heart of the discussions had “been bankrupt under the name of Louis Gauthier’s Resources” and that it had re-opened under ” the name of Gauthier’s Resources “.

Subsequently, he invited people to take their “references before doing anything,” and wished “good luck” to the working conditions of the people involved.

A user obviously used the targeted company had replied that ” their conditions were very good.”

“Rotten from the inside “

“You will say it to your old drivers that have been cut out of the money on their payroll and have lost this money after you have taken action against you because you have filed for bankruptcy and gone on another name “, then retorted mr. Parent, today pursued.

He later added saying that the company “seemed to be well from the outside, but that it was” rotten from the inside ” which was hurting the trucking industry.

Notice

Nearly two weeks after his comments publicly, the man has been put in default by the company targeted, and he has withdrawn his comments, acknowledging by the same token, according to the plaintiff, the ” grossly defamatory “.

Despite the withdrawal of the discussion, the company believes that the statements of the defendant ” appeared to be an attempt to destroy the reputation of the plaintiffs in the trucking industry “.

For this reason, it is claiming the sum of $ 50,000 in compensatory damages and $ 25,000 additional for reputation.