Tony La Russa Sues Twitter
June 5, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Humor, News, Stats and Analysis
Twitter has been in the news a lot recently. The microblogging phenomenon apparently isn’t appreciated by Tony La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Multiple reports indicate that La Russa filed a lawsuit against Twitter in May. The lawsuit, which was filed in San Francisco, asks for unspecified damages due to emotional distress and damage to his reputation.
This whole issue seems to have arisen after someone registered the Twitter.com/TonyLaRussa page and posted comments that the lawsuit claims were demeaning and derogatory. La Russa’s suit contends that the page was unauthorized and infringed on his trademark rights.
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