Crash victim ordered to hand over Facebook photos in legal case
A woman suing for damages following a crash has been ordered to hand over post-collision Facebook photos, which could potentially affect the outcome of her case.
Tamara Fric was a University of Victoria law student in November 2008 when the vehicle she was travelling was rear ended.
Fric’s suing, alleging that she suffers chronic severe headaches, injury and pain to the upper back and neck pain.
But – did the crash really affect her in those ways? Is she staying home, passing up opportunities to travel and socialize with classmates?
Well, the judge in the B.C. Supreme Court wants to peer inside her Facebook account to look at photos of her competing at the Law Games and vacationing.
The judge ruled that these pictures – amongst hundreds she has posted on Facebook - are relevant to find out how her life has really been affected since the crash.
Master Carolyn Bouck said: "Photographs which show the plaintiff engaging in a sporting or physical recreational activity - from hiking to scuba diving to curling to dancing - are relevant in discovering the plaintiff's physical capacity since the accident."
Although privacy concerns were raised – including those of the woman’s Facebook friends – the case moves forward as they get access to Fric’s pictures.
We've already heard how lawyers are using Facebook photos, posts and other social media activities when it comes to divorce cases.
Do you filter the types of photos you post to Facebook?
- Maurice Cacho, MSN Tech & Gadgets
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Posted by: terry | May 4, 2012 1:12:05 PM
before the days of the internet or social media, you were usually watched by someone who would take pictures of you doing things you claim you cant do, usually insurance companies or private detectives. How easy it is now, just sit back, make a few clicks and prove the claim is false. Funny how people dont realize that they are their own worse enemy sometimes !!!
Posted by: Laurie | May 4, 2012 4:40:42 PM
OMG...this woman deserves nothing. It is going to be hard now to decipher what ailments she has are actually from the accident or from the stupid gene she apparently carries...
What a friggin dumb dumb!
Posted by: Murray | May 4, 2012 7:44:21 PM
She is a University of Victoria law student .....
Well I guess she will know instruct her future clients on what not to do ..... Where is/are the ethics ....
Posted by: SP | May 4, 2012 8:05:53 PM
Why only facebook pictures?
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Why not go through her diary to read what she's written?
Go through her phone, her emails, the emails of her friends/boyfriend(s).
Heck shouldn't they be listening in on her mothers phone calls and going through her photo albums at home?
Perhaps put a GPS tracker on her car and monitor all of her doctors appointments. Perhaps she's telling them something that might help the provincial insurer?
Come to think of it... why not monitor EVERYBODY'S communication "Just in Case".
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Oh... the Government already is planning that? Never mind.
As long as it's only 'to protect children'.
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Plus... it is not like a doctor could examine her and determine if she has sustained any permanent injuries...
FML I cannot believe how happily the population is walking everyone into another GDR state.
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