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Date: 11-20-2000
Case Style: Elizabeth Marczeski v. Diana Law, and Gena Butler a/k/a Isurendr
Case Number: 98-CV-1427
Judge: Goettel
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Plaintiff's Attorney: Elizabeth Marczeski, New London, Connecticut, pro se.
Defendant's Attorney: Kevin D. O'Leary, Cummings & Lockwood, Hartford, Connecticut for Timothy Price and Steven R. Lau of Dillon & Sarcone, White Plains, New York
Description: This case arose out of a prolonged dispute among three women who, using various nicknames, frequented lesbian "chat rooms" on the Internet. Defendants were residents of Colorado. Plaintiff was a resident of Connecticut. Over the course of several years of "cyberchatting" one the Internet, they developed a relationship that ultimately led to this lawsuit. Plaintiff alleged that she was defamed, harassed and defrauded of money and property by defendants, and claimed that her reputation on the Internet was ruined forever by the scandalous messages disseminated by them. Defendants pressed criminal charges against plaintiff for harassment in the second degree and they claimed that plaintiff ruined them professionally because of the allegations in this suit and her complaints to their employers.
Outcome: Motion to dismiss sustained in part.
Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown
Defendant's Experts: Unknown
Comments: See: 122 F.Supp.2d 315 (D.Conn. 2000).
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