daynlokki posted...
Problem is they didnt ask him to confirm receipt of the contract. They asked him to confirm THE contract. Wording matters in legal pretexts.
If it's a contract it should have to be sealed with something more definitive than what is essentially an "ok" in a text message.
"Please confirm flax contract"
"Ok"
Okay what? Okay I will? Okay I agree? A thumbs up emoji is way too vague and can be used to construe too many things to be used as a statement of assent in a contract.
The judge used a dictionary.com definition ffs and admitted he's a "latecomer" to technology.
Even if the plaintiff had locked him down with stronger wording and he had replied with a thumbs up I'd agree.
I mean, if he had said "YOLO" would the judge have went to urban dictionary and said it was an assent because YOLO commonly means throwing caution to the wind and just doing something? It's ridiculous.