Legal Question in Personal Injury in Virginia
Law suit Internet Libel
My wife and i are being sued for internet libel in separate suits, etc..in circut court Harrisonburg, Va
We live in Texas,, and she has never been on the internet her whole life....We need an Attorney to fight HER suit, not mind....
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Law suit Internet Libel
We handle this sort of case in Va. Please feel free to call. There have been cases where plaintiffs have brought suit based solely on the name of the person on an account with an involved IP address; usually, such suits can be readily defeated, but of course you do not provide many facts.
Re: Law suit Internet Libel
It is very likely that the minimum contacts basis outlined in such U.S. Supreme Court cases as International Shoe or Shaffer v. Heitner as necesssary in order to sustain such a so-called "long arm" suit have not been sufficiently met in the situation which you've described--at least with respect to your wife, and such a suit against her should not survive her timely motion to dismiss for lack of proper jurisdiction.