Question

On Election Day, the local newspaper, the Adamsville Gazette, runs a spoof article about Bill, the Mayor of Adamsville, suggesting that the Mafia funded his campaign for re-election. This is ridiculous: everyone in town knows that Bill was re-elected unopposed, and also that there has never been any Mafia presence in Adamsville, which is a small respectable country town in Middle America. Nevertheless, everyone outside of Adamsville takes the news seriously, and causes Bill to lose the possibility of ever running for president. Bill also loses funding from local supporters who do not want to be associated with the Mafia. Under which of the following torts is Mayor Adam most likely to sue?

Group of answer choices

a) Defamation

b) Intentional Affliction of Emotional Distress

c) Conversion

d)Nuisance

e) Fraud

Answer 1

The aptest scenario for the MAyor to Sue the company in the given scenario is Defamation. As the newspaper has published news which has resulted in tarnishing the image of the individual and if these are not substantiated with hard proof, the mayor has all the right to claim for the damages that have been caused and seek a written apology from the newspaper too.

While estimating the damage for the action, the mayor might also include charges of Intentional affliction of Emotional Distress and claim damages for the same as the impacts of the news would have had negative impacts on not just him but for his good wishers and also his family members.