The case involves Lisa Stone, Trustee of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Il. According to a story in the , someone anonymously posted "deeply disturbing" comments about Stone's 15-year old son earlier this year in a local newspaper.

The paper had run a story describing a bitterly contested local election that Stone was running in. In response to that story an individual using the name Hipcheck15 posted comments that were critical of Stone. The comments apparently prompted Stone's son to go online and post comments in defense of his mother.

Those comments, in turn, evoked allegedly defamatory statements directed against Stone's son by Hipcheck15, the Tribune story said. The paper did not say what exactly Hipcheck15 wrote, but it quoted Stone as describing the comments as being "vile" and "shocking."

Stone did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request from Computerworld seeking comment for this story.

As part of an effort to file a defamation lawsuit against Hipcheck15, Stone approached the Cook County Circuit Court and asked it to order the newspaper to turn in the true identity of the poster, the Tribune said.