Facebook Photos Drive Personal Injury Settlement
A personal injury lawsuit settled out of court after a New Brunswick judge ordered the plaintiff's lawyer to seize her Facebook photos through a third party.
A personal injury lawsuit settled out of court after a Canadian judge ordered the plaintiff’s lawyer to seize her Facebook photos through a third party.
The plaintiff, Erica Sparks, got injured in a 2008 car accident and sued the other driver, according to CBC.
The defendant’s insurer fought the claim and apparently the attorney asked the judge to see Sparks’ Facebook photos to suss out how severely she was injured.
Judge Fred Ferguson of New Brunswick’s Court of Queen’s Bench figured that Sparks would delete her photos her profile if she knew that the counterparties in her lawsuit wanted to see the images, and came up with a plan some of us might consider sketchy behavior for someone in the legal profession.
Ferguson asked the plaintiff’s attorney to hire another lawyer to invite Sparks to a meeting without explaining the purpose to her.
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