Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law 9th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 5

Case Problem with Sample Answer The Northwest Herald , a newspaper in Illinois, received e-mail reports regularly from area police departments about criminal arrests. That information was published in the paper, which is proper because it is public record. One day, an e-mail was received that stated that Carolene Eubanks had been charged with theft and obstruction of justice. This information was then placed in an issue of the newspaper, which was to be published four days later. Several hours later, the police issued another e-mail, which explained that Eubanks had not been charged with anything. Instead, the correct name was Barbara Bradshaw. Due to a long weekend, the second e-mail was not noticed until after the paper had been published. The following day, five days after the e-mails had been received, a correction was published. Eubanks sued the paper for libel and for invasion of privacy. Do you think Eubanks has a good case for either tort? Why or why not? [ Eubanks v. Northwest Herald Newspapers , 397 Ill.App.3d 746, 922 N.E.2d 1196 (2010)]
-To view a sample answer for Problem 4-5, go to Appendix F at the end of this text.