[WikiEN-l] Can the building owner be sued?

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 4/23/06, Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
> > From: "Anthony DiPierro" <wikilegal at inbox.org>
> >
> > So someone goes to a community corkboard in an apartment building and
> > writes "John Heybobarebob is gay" on the bathroom door.  Then the
> > owner of the apartment building sees the defamatory statement, takes
> > down the message, and stores it in a closet with a bunch of other
> > removed messages.  Then a janitor goes into to the closet, takes the
> > message, and creates photocopies which she proceeds to hand out to
> > people.
> >
> > You think the building owner can be sued?
>
> I'm _certain_ the building owner can be sued.
>
> The question is, can the plaintiff win? That's a completely different
> question... and since IANAL I wouldn't even try to guess.
>
C'mon now, there are plenty of people who are not lawyers who are
trying to guess.  Surely the fact that you are not a lawyer is not the
reason you wouldn't even try to guess.

Anthony