Legal Opinion
Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1999PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
Usurping the name of Alexander Lunney (a teenage Boy Scout and infant plaintiff in this appeal), an unknown imposter opened a number of accounts with Prodigy Services Company (Prodigy), an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The imposter posted two vulgar messages in Lunney’s name on a Prodigy bulletin board and sent a threatening, profane electronic mail (e-mail) message in Lunney’s name to a third person. Lunney, by his father, has sued Prodigy, asserting that he has been stigmatized by being falsely cast as the author of these messages. 1 The principal issues…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Liberman v. GelsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Kenneth M. Zeran v. America Online, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Foster v. ChurchillNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Ben-Oliel v. Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mountz v. Global Vision Products, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 2003
- Shiamili v. Real Estate Group of New York, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2011
- Jane Doe One v. OliverConnecticut Superior Court · 2000
- Marczeski v. LawDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2000
- Firth v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2000
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