EXST 4025 Chapter : Class06
Document Summary
Columbus courant, a newspaper for a community of 40,000, is being sued for invasion of privacy. Courant reporter michael lewis is also being sued after he published a story disclosing the pregnancy of sandy sprinter, a popular high school athlete. The question of law in this case is whether the reporter and paper had a right to publish this information or whether they should be held liable for invasion of privacy. After reviewing these factors, the court should rule in favor of sprinter. The defendant ran his story and disclosed the pregnancy of sandy sprinter in the local newspaper. This published the information to a community of 40,000, making it public knowledge. This easily satisfies the question of whether the defendant made the fact public. The jury also needs to determine whether the fact was private or not. A private fact is an intimate detail of someone"s private life that is not generally known ( publication ).
