Education Law

Private Suits against Fake Facebook Profiles

Here is a story that I sort of like out of Chicago. A parent of a boy that was profiled as a gay racist on facebook is suing the four creating students on various tort claims including intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation (follow the link for the lawsuit).

This kind of suit is perfectly reasonable to me and I like that the school is not legally involved. Yes, this also could be construed as bullying, but bullying is very difficult to prove against the school. The school has the deep pockets in these scenarios, so I get the attraction, but the best legal suit frequently is the private tort action between the offending party and the injured party. 

h/t Scott McLeod

Full post as published by Edjurist on September 26, 2009 (boomark / email).