Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp.

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 manager's accessing of that post not violate the Stored Communications Act?

3. Why did the plaintiff's privacy tort claim also fail?

4. Would the outcome of the case have been different if one of the managers had demanded the coworker's 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?