Comments on: The Wedding Plaintiff: New York Woman Sues Guest Over Wedding Outburst

By: Violetta

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By: Chicagomarathon

Chicagomarathon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:19:35 +0000

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By: Gyges

Gyges — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:14:50 +0000

Mike,

Some do, some don’t. I think it depends on who’s officiating and where the service is held. It seems like the few times I’ve heard it it’s been more at more traditional weddings.

By: Mike Spindell

Mike Spindell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Do christian wedding services have that part I’ve always seen in movies where the audience is asked “to speak now if the union should not be joined, or forever hold your piece?” If it did than this woman was only following her part in the ritual and then her act couldn’t be a tort. If that isn’t used anymore, then of course the potential for drama at a wedding ceremony has lost something to modernity.

By: bRON98

bRON98 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:39:52 +0000

Anon:

I am not a lawyer so I was just curious, in my profession (engineer) we refer to the knee pads and silk handkerchiefs when dealing with an owner/client who is particularly recalcitrant.

By: Anonymously Yours

Anonymously Yours — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:21:16 +0000

Oh that is good, lol. really ,roflol………..

By: bRON98

bRON98 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:08:24 +0000

Anon:

do they work well when dealing with judges?

By: Anonymously Yours

Anonymously Yours — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:48:18 +0000

NO But Snap-On does sell Knee Pads.

By: bRON98

bRON98 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:51:32 +0000

Anon:

Does Snap-On sell Strap-ons by the seashore?

By: Anonymously Yours

Anonymously Yours — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:48:55 +0000

Bron98,

Was the woman wearing a strap-on or doing a commercial for snap-on? I suppose. .. .

By: bRON98

bRON98 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:46:59 +0000

“The battery claims appear based on the poking”

I thought the “poking” was the provocation for the bride filing suit, I am all confused.

By: Gnome

Gnome — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:44:57 +0000

This was the plot of an Ally McBeal episode.

Ally told the wedding party she had slept with the groom.

Since she felt she had no legal defense, her strategy was to get the loving couple back together.

Life imitates art.

By: Anonymously Yours

Anonymously Yours — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:34:23 +0000

What is interesting is this woman was also the mans boss. Oh yeah, oh yeah, don’t you know. I guess the man found out the hard way, you don’t shit where ya’s eat.

With that said, Is this not a public disclosure of a private fact still a viable claim, media or not?

Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts

Public disclosure of private facts, one of the four common law invasion of privacy torts defined in the Restatement (Second) of Torts, is the publicizing of a private matter that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and not of legitimate concern to the public. To win on such a claim, the plaintiff must prove that the media defendant’s statement:

(1) Was highly offensive to a reasonable person
(2) Contained private facts about the plaintiff’s life
(3) Was a public disclosure of private facts, and
(4) Was not of legitimate concern to others

Media behaves poorly in these cases, but they almost never lose because the defenses are so strong.

Defenses

1. Newsworthiness. The information is of legitimate public concern. This is defined broadly by the courts.

2. Consent.

3. Information found in public records

4. Doesn’t outrage community notions of decency. It’s not highly offensive to a reasonable person.

5. Event took place in public. Is the Green vs New York Times standard still applicable?

I just don’t know. I wonder if this was part of his job description? You know, service is the key to successful employer employee relationships. . . bada boom, bada bing