Match.com Not Immune To Stabbing Victim's Suit

LAW.COM - Sep 2 - A woman who was brutally attacked by a man she met on Match.com can sue the dating site for failure to warn under a Nevada state law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday. The decision raised concerns for dating sites about what they should be doing to warn its customers. Mary Beckman met Wade Ridley on Match.com in 2010. In Jan 2011, Ridley repeatedly stabbed Beckman, causing injuries that resulted in multiple surgeries. Beckman, whose suit seeks $10M, alleged that Ridley had met and attacked other women using Match.com prior to her attack and that Match.com knew that Ridley was a threat to site users.