Christy M. asked
My son is a junior in high school. He was eating in class and his teacher got annoyed and asked him to not eat in the class. She thought he was being disrespectful by not stopping quickly enough. She decided to send him to the dean for detention. When he got to detention, he found out the teacher told the dean that my son was acting as though he was high on drugs. My son does not do drugs and is an officer of his mentoring group with the Sigma Beta Club. Could the teacher be held liable for slander for stating that my son was acting as though he was high and that being at least partially the reason he was sent for detention? The fact that he did not stop eating quickly enough does not seem to be a reason calling for a detention. My son said it was a common practice for kids to eat in the class.
July 4th, 2023
James M. answered
In Illinois, defamation involves a false statement of material fact made to a third party that prese...
July 4th, 2023
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