Judges aren't swallowing the "I'm an idiot about Facebook settings" argument.
That was made clear in a recent case wherein Robert J Sumien, an emergency medical technician in Texas, sued for wrongful termination and privacy invasion after he got fired for posting a comment on Facebook about giving a "boot to the head" to unruly patients.
According to the ruling, delivered on Thursday, Sumien claimed that his employer invaded his privacy because he:
- Misunderstood a coworker's Facebook settings,
- Didn't know who had access to the coworker's wall postings, and
- Didn't know how his employer was able to view his kick-to-the-head comment.
