Patrick Hoge of BizJournal.com reports Cards skipper Tony La Russa —- whose club leads Milwaukee, 4-0, thru 4 innings tonight — has dropped his previously mentioned lawsuit against Twitter.
La Russa, one-time manager of the Oakland A’s, had said in June that there was a settlement of the case ” the first to be filed by a celebrity against Twitter ” and that Twitter had agreed to pay his legal fees and make a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation, according to the On Point blog published in association with Courthouse News Service.
Twitter responded with a statement in which it said, œTwitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay and described the suit as œan unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous, according to the web site.
The web site includes an image of a court document showing that La Russa voluntarily dropped the case June 26 and stating that each party will bear their own costs and attorneys™ fees. œNo payment was made by Twitter to La Russa in exchange for dismissal, it states, although it does not say whether anything was paid to La Russa™s Animal Rescue Foundation.
La Russa alleged in his complaint that Twitter was liable under trademark law for the unauthorized use of his name in the profile. He also said postings on the page ” one of which referred to drunk driving incidents involving the Cardinals ” were œderogatory and œdamaging to his trademark rights.