Juror tweets $12.6M verdict
Twitter ruins everything. Judging from recent headlines, it seems like elected officials are having the hardest time getting a handle on the microblogging service - one representative tweeted about a secret trip to Iraq, while another tweet may have ruined party defection plans in the Virginia State Senate. Now another set of tweets may be threatening a $12.6 million verdict in Arkansas.
The messages in question came from Johnathan Powell, who was a juror in a lawsuit against building materials company Stoam Holdings. The jury found against Stoam and awarded the money to two men who invested in the company. But Stoam is appealing the decision, saying that Powell's Twitter messages sent from his mobile phone during and after the trial showed he was biased against them. Those tweets included advice against investing in Stoam because "they'll probably cease to Exist, now that their wallet is 12m lighter" and another declaring:
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