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Question I - Bobby Bigmouth is sued for slander by his boss. Bobby argues that he cannot be sued for slander because he did not publish any statement. He argues that his alleged slanderous comment was not published because he just made the comment to a co-worker about his boss rather than making that statement to a reporter to be published. Is Bobby’s argument correct?
Question II - During an episode of Sports Center, one of the anchors misread the teleprompter and said LeBron James was closing his school for at risk youth. In reality, LeBron James was expanding his school. This statement by the anchor was a slip of the tongue and corrected in the next episode. Would LeBron’s defamation suit against Sports Center and the anchor be successful? Why or why not?
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Question 1
The argument is incorrect. In a broader aspect, according to the elements of defamation
law, his employer could sue him because the statement was published. Bobby made the slanderous
comment to a coworker who in this case is the third party which makes the employer’s lawsuit
acceptable. Defamation refers to an act that is oral or written of a false statement that is harmful
and causes damage with an intent to ruin one's reputation and not a statement of opinion (Gossman
WG, 2018). Slander which is a form of defamation relates more to primarily spoken words or
physical gestures and one could be sued if the statement made has caused or is likely to cause
serious harm.
However, there are some elem...
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