Question

Professor Smith announces to his dean that the students in his noon class are the worst students that he has ever had and that they should never have been admitted to the school. The students are actually as qualified as any other students admitted to the school. The students may sue Professor Smith for slander.a. trueb. false

Answer 1

a. true.

Step-by-step explanation:

Slander used as a defamation is an unreasonable act of making defamatory remarks or statements orally against another person or a group of individuals.

In such cases, the plaintiff may sue the person for defamation in a civil court. A defamation is a false or negative statement made by a person to cause shame or damage to the character of another person.

Here, Professor Smith announcement to his dean that the students in his noon class are the worst students is a false statement made against the students as the students are actually as qualified as any other students admitted to the school.

This statement has been made in order to damage the image of the students. Therefore, the students can sue Professor Smith for slander.

Answer 2

False

Step-by-step explanation:

The crime or action of make false spoken statement that can be damaging to a persons reputation is called slander. While written defamation is called libel. Defamation is a tort not a crime. If you have defamed a person he/ she can sue you for damages.

Although the professor is telling the student that they're the worst students and should not have been admitted to school, he is not defaming them he is just angry at them. It often happens in the school that a teacher gets angry of the student and starts yelling at them.