MsBobbin,your Ethics Teacher,is a First-Year Professor,just Out of School,and She

Ms.Bobbin,your ethics teacher,is a first-year professor,just out of school,and she is very tough and demanding.You've done poorly on the first two tests,and you think it's her fault.Someone tells you that she has a criminal past,and,without verification,you spread this allegation.In fact,Ms.Bobbin has been a model citizen and never broken the law.As a result of your actions,she is put on probation,pending an investigation.She cannot sue for defamation because,as a professor,she is a public figure and your conduct was intentional but not a careless disregard of the truth or an act done with malice.