A Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted by a man she met through the social networking Web site MySpace. Part of the case was dismissed with prejudice, a decision that will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Adam Loewy, a partner with Barry & Loewy. “Our claims involving fraud were dismissed without prejudice and we will proceed with those,” he told TechNewsWorld.
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Texas Court Dismisses MySpace Sexual Assault Case
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 15, 2007 03:18 PMA Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted by a man she met through the social networking Web site MySpace. Part of the case was dismissed with prejudice, a decision that will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Adam Loewy, a partner with Barry & Loewy. “Our claims involving fraud were dismissed without prejudice and we will proceed with those,” he told TechNewsWorld.