Sands Casino Denied Access to Social Media Accounts in Slip-and-Fall Case

"In the Facebook posts and in the portion of Mrs. Allen's deposition relied upon by defendant in support of their motion, there is nothing to suggest the unreliability of Mrs. Allen's claims with respect to the nature and scope of her injury, as none of the activities referenced show or suggest the strenuous use of her right shoulder," Judge Craig Dally said.

The Sands Bethlehem Casino is out of luck in its bid to access a woman’s social media accounts to seek evidence that she was not as badly hurt from a slip-and-fall in the casino as she claimed.

Northampton Court of Common Pleas Judge Craig Dally denied Sands’ motion to compel plaintiff Catrina Allen’s username and password information for her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

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