Dr. V's magical putter

It's a moot point legally. Ethically, it's still a can of worms.

 

But a family can file suit if what was said about a dead person affects the family. People cannot write or say whatever they want about someone just because they are dead.

The more and more I think about this, the more I don't like what Grantland did.

 

They were.

 

Who files the lawsuit?

The Krol/Kroll family? I don't see it. None of them spoke up from October-December.

Gerri Jordan? Can she as family? No one has proven they were legally together.

Yar? The same company which knowingly let her lie about being a doctor (and had it on its main website before mysteriously changing it? The same company who let the liar control its receiving (look up Vanderbilt's connection to Jovan Management and Jovan Management's connection to Yar).

 

You keep linking journalism law back to this single story. I don't think we are going to see anything since she is dead, but general statements like the dead cannot be libeled are dangerous, because I think they can be libeled and I think their family, in certain cases, can come after the writer and their shop.

 

You realize this conversation has reached beyond this single story?

And if she did not commit suicide, do we think they still run the story with the transgender information?

 

Yeah, they can. Rare, but possible. The Nikki Catsouras (photos NSFW nor safe for your sanity) case had a family successfully sue on its dead daughter's behalf after her fatal car accident photos were distributed.

 

Yeah DW, but didn't they sue the California Highway Patrol? IIRC, they didn't sue for any media-law type tort.

 

As far as beyond the single story, yes I realize it.

Do they run the story -- as is/was -- if she was still alive? I'd hope not.

Here's a theoretical: IF she was still alive and IF the story ran its first published form, would Vanderbilt show up at the ING awards tomorrow?