Despite ‘Utter Lack of Taste & Propriety,’ FB Posts Didn’t Libel & Parents Had No Duty to Monitor

July 26, 2010 By Editor Leave a Comment

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
In an apparent effort to extend the frontiers of defamation law where cyberbullying is concerned, a New York law firm sued four former classmates of an Oceanside High School student and their parents seeking $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged vicious Facebook onslaught under the guise of humor. But a state supreme court judge in Nassau County granted a defense summary judgment motion, explaining in a written opinion (PDF) provided by the New York Law Journal that the statements at issue were not grounded in fact. Additional problems, according to the opinion, were presented because the…
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