Horizon Group Management v. Bonnen, No. 2009L008675 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook County filed July 20, 2009).

Horizon Group Management v. Bonnen, No. 2009L008675 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook County filed July 20, 2009).
Status: Dismissed.Horizon Group Management, which owns the apartment that defendant Amanda Bonnen rents, sued her for a Tweet she sent to a friend (but publicly available on her Twitter feed), apparently about plans for the friend to stay at her apartment.

"You should just come anyway," the Tweet said. "Who said sleeping in moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks its okay."

Update: On Jan. 20th, the Cook County Circuit Court judge dismissed the case with prejudice, finding that the Tweet could have been innocently construed to reflect the plaintiff's opinion.

Links and Court Documents:Rounding Up the Buzz... Will one Chicago woman's Tweet cost her $50,000?, Chicago Bar-Tender, July 27, 2009
Complaint at http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bar-tender/Twitter%20lawsuit.pdf
Twitter apartment mold suit dismissed, Chicago Breaking News, Jan. 21, 2010
Judge tosses Twitter libel suit, WBBM 780, Jan. 22, 2010
Court's order dismissing suit, filed Jan. 20, 2010