A British Columbia man has been ordered to pay a total of $4,000 in compensation to a Coquitlam company and its two proprietors for posting a disparaging Google review.
The order from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Mayer comes three years after a hit-and-run crash that precipitated the negative online review written by Hyungdong Lee about Pacific Granite Manufacturing Ltd. and the subsequent $105,000 lawsuit by the company and its owners.
Lee was employed in an office located near the Coquitlam headquarters of the custom stone fabrication firm, according to the court decision published online this week. His vehicle was damaged in a hit-and-run crash in September of 2021 by a white Chevrolet Impala that belonged to a Pacific Granite employee, according to the court filing….