Question: Read Chapter 1 5 , case Ehling v . Monmouth - Ocean Hospital Service Corp. 9 6 1 F . Supp . 2 d pg

Read Chapter 15, case Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. 961 F.Supp.2d pg.765(D. N.J.2013) regarding a possible violation of the Stored Communication Act (SCA) and a Facebook posting from an employee the Hospital Service Corporation in New Jersey. 1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the court decide? 2. Why did the Facebook post qualify as a stored communication? Why did the managers access of that post not violate the Stored Communications Act? 3. Why did the plaintiffs privacy tort claim also fail? 4. Would the outcome of the case have been different if one of the managers had demanded the coworkers Facebook password and viewed the post that way? 5. Should the nurse have been disciplined for the statement she made on Facebook? Why or why not? What are some practical implications of this case for employers and employees?

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