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Topic: RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Topic: RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

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OhioCatFan
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RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Posted: 2/5/2015 10:06:31 PM

C Money wrote:

Man, this whole thing is giving me flashbacks to my 1L torts class. This absolutely will make it onto some law professor's final exam as an essay question.

While I'm not a lawyer, I did once play one in the classroom. ;-) In a time long ago in a galaxy far away I taught journalism law.

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RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Posted: 2/5/2015 10:40:56 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

C Money wrote:

Man, this whole thing is giving me flashbacks to my 1L torts class. This absolutely will make it onto some law professor's final exam as an essay question.

While I'm not a lawyer, I did once play one in the classroom. ;-) In a time long ago in a galaxy far away I taught journalism law.

I'm not one either....but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night....Todd Snyder was my fave player...and it was both....drunk and sarcastic.

OhioCatFan
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RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Posted: 2/5/2015 10:47:22 PM

Doc Bobcat wrote:

OhioCatFan wrote:

C Money wrote:

Man, this whole thing is giving me flashbacks to my 1L torts class. This absolutely will make it onto some law professor's final exam as an essay question.

While I'm not a lawyer, I did once play one in the classroom. ;-) In a time long ago in a galaxy far away I taught journalism law.

I'm not one either....but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night....Todd Snyder was my fave player...and it was both....drunk and sarcastic.

Were you drinking at the Holiday Inn Express? That would make you a drunken expert with a sarcastic lip. ;-)

For the record, Todd is a personal friend, though I've lost contact with him over the years. We used to play sandlot football together on the top of the Highland Avenue reservoir.

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RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Posted: 2/5/2015 11:07:04 PM

I haven't kept up on this aspect of the law much, but as I recall she could be considered a limited purpose public figure, but a lot depends on the circumstances -- whether she became part of a controversy by her own actions or was dragged into it by the guys making the statements. I think that's where courts have been pulling back. She could have a good case if they presented their statements as "fact" rather than "opinion," although "opinion" doesn't make it go completely away.

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RE: OT - A Cautionary Tale from WMU's Message Board

Posted: 2/7/2015 10:55:48 AM

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