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Yelper Found Guilty of Defamation for Scathing Reviews

Yelper Found Guilty of Defamation for Scathing Reviews

Credits: The Eater By: Hillary Dixler In a blow to angry Yelpers nationwide, a Virginia court has ruled that one woman’s scathing Yelp reviews of a local contractor were in fact defamation. In a dramatic turn, the contractor who sued her was found guilty of defamation too. The Washington Post reports that the multi-day