ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MAY 17, 2011

The plaintiff in a car accident case does not have to accept a friend request on Facebook from the defendant so that the defendant can have full access to the plaintiff’s postings and pictures, a Bucks County Common Pleas Court judge has ruled.

In Piccolo v. Paterson , Judge Albert J. Cepparulo issued a one-paragraph order denying the motion to compel filed by defendants Lindsay S. Paterson, Lee Anne Paterson, Linsey Paterson and Allstate Insurance Co.