Social Media Rant Against Airline Employee Wasn’t Defamatory But May Be False Light–Patterson v. Grant-Herms
24 10 2013[Post by Venkat Balasubramani with comments from Eric]
Patterson v. Grant-Herms, 2013 Tenn. App. 675 (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 8, 2013)
Defendant Natalie Grant-Herms wasn’t allowed to early board a flight with her four year old daughter, who was not eligible for early boarding because she was seated in row 34. Grant-Herms took to social media to stir up awareness about her plight. She posted the following on Twitter, Facebook and Southwest.com (some tweets are still online, and linked below):
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