New Jersey Federal Court Issues Sanctions For Deletion of Facebook Profile

Litigants ought to think twice before deleting their Facebook profiles.  Just this month, a New Jersey federal judge issued sanctions against a litigant in a personal injury case for deleting his Facebook profile after agreeing to grant defense counsel access to the profile.

In Gatto v. United Air Lines, the plaintiff, Gatto was a former ground operations supervisor at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.  Gatto sued as a result of injuries he allegedly incurred on the job.  Gatto claimed a set of  fueler stairs had crashed into him allegedly resulting in permanent disabilities which left him unable to work.

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