November 23rd, 2008
After Cell Phone Loss, Wife’s Nude Pics End Up Online
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Lesson learned, or rather lesson(s) learned, by Tina Sherman and her husband Philip, of Arkansas:
- Don’t send nude photos of yourself to your husband or boyfriend.
- If you are sent nude photos, don’t leave ‘em on your cell phone.
- If you do leave ‘em on your cell phone, at least password-lock the darn thing.
On the other hand, a $3 million lawsuit could make up for a lot of hassle.
According to the lawsuit, Philip left the cell phone in question at a McDonald’s in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on July 5th. He reported it, and the McDonald’s said they would hold the phone until he returned. Well, they held it, but apparently did more than that.
Tina Sherman and her husband began receiving obscene phone calls. Why? The pictures had been posted on-line along with her name, address and phone number. The pictures have since been removed but the damage was done, the Shermans say.
Things became so bad, the couple moved.
The lawsuit names McDonald’s Corp., Matthews Management Co. and a manager, Aaron Brummley. Now, I’m not sure how McDonald’s itself is liable, or necessarily even the manager, unless he himself posted the pictures.
I’m guessing the pics were posted online by some pubescent teen workers at McDonald’s, who would also have been the most tech-savvy. That fact is unclear, but it is clear the said employees admitted on the website where they posted the nude photos of Tina Sherman that they retrieved the photos from a cell phone found in the restaurant.
That probably makes it easy to say someone is guilty, but McDonald’s? We’ll see if this case is settled out of court, thrown out of court, or whatever.
I’m lovin’ it.
Erik says:
Smells like a set up to me. She just happens to be smoking hot, he just happens to leave it at McDonald’s. I bet McD’s settles out of court but my hunch is that this wasn’t an accident.
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Phil says:
We call these “shotgun” lawsuits. it’s obvious the “pubescent teen workers” have no money, so you sue anyone in range that has money, whether they are remotely liable or not. The odds are, one of their insurance companies would rather settle out of court than put up with the suit going to trial.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:05 am
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We call these “shotgun” lawsuits. it’s obvious the “pubescent teen workers” have no money, so you sue anyone in range that intitle:liveapplet inurl:LvAppl has money, whether they are remotely liable or not. The odds are, one of their insurance companies would rather settle out of court than put up with the suit going to trial.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
TheOtherRick says:
anything you do in someone else’s uniform is the responsibility of the company you work for. If you drive delivery and cause an accident in the company vehicle the company eats it. If I beat somebody up wearing a uniform I may get the criminal charges but my boss get sued. Of course, poop only flows in one direction.
November 30th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Наталья says:
I bet McD’s settles out of court but my hunch is that this wasn’t an accident.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:20 am