Falls Church Woman in Court Monday Over Negative Review on Yelp

The Washington Post Monday reports that a Falls Church area woman will be in court today defending herself over a negative review she posted on Yelp.

A D.C. contractor, Christopher Dietz, took the woman, Jane Perez, to court, claiming her one-star review of his contracting business made him lose $300,000 in business. He's seeking $750,000 in damages, according to the Post article. 

The legal action has been dragging through the courts for awhile now. In 2012, a Fairfax County judge granted Dietz a preliminary injunction that forced the woman, Perez, to remove parts of her reviews, but the injunction was later overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court. Perez was barred from accusing the contractor of stealing jewelry and causing more than $15,000 in damages to her home.

The trial begins the same month a Virginia court ruled Yelp had to reveal the identities of seven anonymous users, who posted critical reviews of local company, Hadeed Carpet Cleaners. Hadeed said reviewers weren’t actual customers and posted fake reviews.