Lois is a reporter for the school newspaper and generally writes satirical articles spoofing students, faculty, and school policy. Professor Mackey fails to find the humor in Lois's portrayal of her as a leftover 1960s hippie in one particular article and sues Lois for defamation. In fact, Professor Mackey is a modern woman with a degree in sociology and has written extensively on American culture in the 1960s and 70s. She did attend Woodstock, still listens to Led Zeppelin, and still occasionally wears tie-dyed T-shirts when not professionally dressed. The state trial court finds for Professor Mackey, and the jury awards her $10 million. Is there anything that Lois can do besides filing an appeal

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Deegan

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5 January, 21:06

Lois is a reporter for the school newspaper and generally writes satirical articles spoofing students, faculty, and school policy. Professor Mackey fails to find the humor in Lois's portrayal of her as a leftover 1960s hippie in one particular article and sues Lois for defamation. In fact, Professor Mackey is a modern woman with a degree in sociology and has written extensively on American culture in the 1960s and 70s. She did attend Woodstock, still listens to Led Zeppelin, and still occasionally wears tie-dyed T-shirts when not professionally dressed. The state trial court finds for Professor Mackey, and the jury awards her $10 million. Is there anything that Lois can do besides filing an appeal

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Mariela Porter · Answer 1

There is nothing Lois can do other than filing for appeal of the judgement. This is because, she tend to forget that, there is a thin line between freedom of expression and outright disrespect.

Even though she write satirical articles, she should have known when to tone down her articles on portrayal of people in a dehumanising way. Unfortunately, there is a possibilty of Lois losing the appeal also.