Bloggers Win 92% of Cases

Posted July 29th, 2008 by Robert Cox

Insurance Journal is reporting some good news for bloggers facing legal threats - they almost always win in court!

Chris Boggs has crunched some of the MRLC data which ends on a bit of a downer:

As of July 1, 2008, thirty-nine (39) states have seen 149 personal injury lawsuits and 11 criminal suits filed against bloggers. Forty-two cases are still pending and 18 suits were resolved through pre-trial settlement. Only seven lawsuits have resulted in judgment against the defendant blogger. Nearly 77 percent of ALL civil cases were found in favor of the blogger or saw the charges dropped by the plaintiff. And 92 percent of blog-related suits making it to trial end in blogger triumph (additional information availble at Media Law Resource Center). Odds at trial are overwhelmingly in the blogger's favor, but there is no guarantee that this propensity towards blogger victory will continue.

Boggs offers a great list of questions bloggers should be asking before blogging. Check out the list here: Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients 'SLAPP'ed!