Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New York
acher A video tapped teacher B doing a fantastic lesson . She want d to be able to use it to study and then teach her students. This is a custom practice in this school. Teacher A complimented Teacher B and informed her she video tapped it. Teacher B was very upset and asked Teacher A to delete the video . Teacher A apologied and deleted video in front of Teacher B. Now teacher B is threatening to take things to the "next level" if Teacher A does not sign a letter stating the video has been deleted. Can teacher B file any charges against teacher A? Can teacher b sue teacher a?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Teacher A did nothing wrong. Based on the facts related it is A who is going to have a suit vs B for false light defamation. B is a bully who should not be around children.