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Girl's Facebook brag costs father $80,000
01 Mar 2014 at 16:03hrs | Views
A college student's snarky Facebook status update has cost her father the $80,000 settlement he won in an age-discrimination lawsuit.
According to the Miami Herald, Patrick Snay, 69, was the headmaster at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami for several years, but in 2010, the school didn't renew his contract.
Snay sued his former employer for age discrimination and won a settlement of $80,000 in November 2011.
The agreement contained a standard confidentiality clause, prohibiting Snay or the school from talking about the case.
However, Snay's daughter, Dana, couldn't resist bragging about the case on Facebook.
"Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver," she wrote. "Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT."
Dana has 1,200 Facebook friends, many of whom are current and former Gulliver students, and news of the post made its way back to the school's lawyers, who appealed the verdict.
The Third District Court of Appeal tossed out the $80,000 settlement earlier this week.
According to the Miami Herald, Patrick Snay, 69, was the headmaster at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami for several years, but in 2010, the school didn't renew his contract.
Snay sued his former employer for age discrimination and won a settlement of $80,000 in November 2011.
The agreement contained a standard confidentiality clause, prohibiting Snay or the school from talking about the case.
"Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver," she wrote. "Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT."
Dana has 1,200 Facebook friends, many of whom are current and former Gulliver students, and news of the post made its way back to the school's lawyers, who appealed the verdict.
The Third District Court of Appeal tossed out the $80,000 settlement earlier this week.
Source - Miami Herald
