Best Formed Plastics, Inc., a federal judge held that an employer may be liable for an employee’s snarky Facebook comments about another employee’s medical condition. [read post]

Although the employer insisted that it could not be liable because he voluntarily and publicly disclosed his condition in a lawsuit filed five days before the coworker’s post, the court found that whether she gained knowledge of his medical condition solely within the context of his employment-related medical examination was a question of fact not appropriate for resolution in a motion to dismiss (Shoun v Best Formed Plastics, Inc, June 23,… [read post]

Best Formed Plastics, Inc., Case No. 3:14-cv-00463, 2014 WL 2815483  (N.D. [read post]