on a yahoo! message board devoted to Urocor Co, a person anonymously posted the
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on a yahoo! message board devoted to Urocor Co, a person anonymously posted the following message:"Urocor decided to underbid the Emory Pathology Department for pathology services and to give Dr. Graham a cut of the money it got from doing the pathology. This worked well until the SOB got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Poor guy had to resign his prestigious position." None of this ws true. After substantial investigation, Graham learned tha it was a Dr. Dppenheimer who had posted the message. Oppenheimer was involved in a big dispute with Urocor and was trying to strike out at it. Which of the following is true?
a. Graham will probably will
b. Graham will probably lose, because Oppenheimer posted the message anonymously
c. Graham will probably lose because the message, though false, was not defamatory
d. Graham will probably lose because it's a free country and people are entitled to their own opinions.
Explanation / Answer
a. Graham will probably win
Graham will probably win because the messgae although was done anonymously was defamatory and done in order to ruin the reputation of Graham and Urocor as well and this is considered as a tort by the US Federal law as it is a written defamation which is known as libel.
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