Teenager's Braggy Facebook Status Cost Her Family $80,000
Mar 03, 2014 19:42
Oversharing on Facebook will likely land you in trouble with your peers. But this Miami teen cost her family $80,000 USD after she posted a bragging Facebook status about a confidential lawsuit settlement agreement.
In 2010, Patrick Snay was fired from his position as headmaster at Gulliver prep, a private Miami high school. He sued the school, alleging age discrimination and retaliation against his daughter Dana, who was still a student at the time.
A few days after he settled the suit for $80,000 plus attorneys' fees, he told his daughter - who had "suffered psychological scars" as a Gulliver student.
Apparently, the definition of "confidential" was lost on the teen, as she posted a snarky update about the settlement:
"Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT."
The post, made public to the teen's 1,200 Facebook friends, quickly made its way back to Gulliver's attorneys.
Last week, a court of appeals ruled that the school would no longer have to pay because the Facebook post violated the settlement's confidentiality agreement.
"Snay violated the agreement by doing exactly what he had promised not to do," wrote Judge Linda Ann Wells. "His daughter then did precisely what the confidentiality agreement was designed to prevent."
Image: Dana Snay (left), and "Mama and Papa Snay".
In 2010, Patrick Snay was fired from his position as headmaster at Gulliver prep, a private Miami high school. He sued the school, alleging age discrimination and retaliation against his daughter Dana, who was still a student at the time.
A few days after he settled the suit for $80,000 plus attorneys' fees, he told his daughter - who had "suffered psychological scars" as a Gulliver student.
Apparently, the definition of "confidential" was lost on the teen, as she posted a snarky update about the settlement:
"Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT."
The post, made public to the teen's 1,200 Facebook friends, quickly made its way back to Gulliver's attorneys.
Last week, a court of appeals ruled that the school would no longer have to pay because the Facebook post violated the settlement's confidentiality agreement.
"Snay violated the agreement by doing exactly what he had promised not to do," wrote Judge Linda Ann Wells. "His daughter then did precisely what the confidentiality agreement was designed to prevent."
Image: Dana Snay (left), and "Mama and Papa Snay".
