When Courtney Love fell into a dispute with a clothing designer this year, she aired her beef on MySpace and Twitter.

The designer sued Love for libel after the rocker claimed on her blog and in tweets that the designer was a thief, liar and drug dealer with a record of prostitution, according to court documents.

Love's case is one of the high-profile libel lawsuits involving comments on social networking sites. But you don't have to be famous to be sued. As more people blog or tweet whatever pops into their minds, they run the risk that someone somewhere may take offense--rightly or wrongly--and sue. They could end up with big legal bills.

If you blog, that's why it may be worth buying insurance to make sure you are covered in case you are accused of making libelous or defamatory statements.

Read the full story here on the Chicago Tribune website.