Facebook post costs family 80 grand
Hey kids, file this one under things not to do on Facebook.
The Third District Court of Appeal tossed out an $80,000 discrimination settlement Wednesday between Gulliver Preparatory School and its former headmaster Patrick Snay, ruling the ex-employee and his daughter breached the terms of a confidential agreement when she took to social media to brag about it.
“Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver,” Dana Snay posted days later to her 1,200 Facebook friends. “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT.”
The post, seen by current and former Gulliver students, made its way back to the school’s attorneys, who told the Snays they’d violated the deal. Patrick Snay last year won a Circuit Court ruling to enforce the deal, but Judge Linda Ann Wells overturned that decision Wednesday.
“Snay violated the agreement by doing exactly what he had promised not to do,” Wells wrote. “His daughter then did precisely what the confidentiality agreement was designed to prevent.”
Yeah, that karma’s a bitch, huh Dana?
You won, then gloated, then you lost.
“Stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest
The daughter sucked it alright.
oops. no europe for you.
Unless she signed the agreement, or was specifically mentioned in it, I don’t see why she’d be part of it.
Whatever it takes to get these idiot kids to understand that anything they post on Facebook can and will be used against them, I’m for it.
Tim,
Papa’s settlement probably had a ‘non-disclosure’ clause, and he had to have disclosed it to Dana for her to post her facebook comment
@Tim, Stache; according to the story Stache is right. Dad and the wife had a non-disclosure and after the settlement was signed he proceeded to tell his daughter the details who then told the world. The Judge ruled that Dad broke the agreement by telling his daughter. The settlement called for 10K is lost salary to Dad, 60K to the lawyers and 80K additional to Dad (for pain and suffering I guess). It really is time for some sort of tort reform. Daughters a bit of a dope though. I bet daddy’s a bit pissed.
Thanks. It didn’t make sense to me, but now it does.