Agilent was sued in 2003 by Mountain View residents Michelangelo Delfino and Mary E. Day, who claimed the company, along with employee Cameron Moore, was responsible for intentionally and negligently inflicting emotional distress against them through cyberthreats that Moore made.
The employee allegedly sent anonymous threats to the plaintiffs through e-mails and postings on a Yahoo! message board primarily using the screen name ?crack smoking jesus,? which he later admitted to the FBI was his pseudonym.
Delfino claimed Moore?s hostility toward the plaintiffs stemmed from his connection with Varian Medical Systems, which had been involved in an unrelated lawsuit against Delfino and Day. The pair claimed Moore was linked to a vice president of Varian, George Zdasiuk, through Agilent employee Julie Fouquet who was Zdasiuk?s wife.
Varian had sued the two over derogatory messages they posted about the company and certain of its employees on Internet message boards. After Varian prevailed in a jury trial, and while the judgment was pending appeal, Moore allegedly worked with Varian supporters to harm Day and Delfino.
His graphic and explicit threats included an email to Delfino promising to break his fingers and teeth, destroy his car, and perhaps set his residence on fire.
Delfino and Day claimed that Agilent knew Moore was using its computer system to send the threats.
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