1. What did middle school students Dustin Athearn and Melissa Snodgrass do to classmate Alexandra Boston that caused Alex’s parents ultimately to sue Dustin and Melissa’s parents? Be specific.

2. When confronted by the principal, the students admitted their responsibility. What punishment did they receive from the school? and from their parents?

3. a) When did the Bostons sue the Athearns?
b) On what grounds did they sue (for what reasons)?

4. Why did County Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard rule in the Athearns favor? Be specific.

5. a) What argument did the Athearns use in their defense?
b) For what reasons did the Court of Appeals turn down this defense? Be specific.

6. With which court’s decision do you agree? the County Superior Court or the Court of Appeals? Explain your answer.

7. Consider the response to the students’ actions in falsifying their classmate’s identity by:

1. the principal (Was sending a form home for the students’ parents to sign enough? Should the school have brought the offending students’ parents in for a meeting? Should the principal have checked to make sure the students had taken down the fake Facebook page?)
2. Facebook (Why did FB ignore the parents’ request to take down a fake page fraudulently claiming to be their daughter?)
3. the culprits’ parents (the Athearns punishment of their son; the fact that they never looked at the fake page he created or ensured that he took it down; their defense when being sued)
4. the victim's parents (Should they have sued the fraudsters' parents?)

Did all/any/none of these adults in positions of authority do the right thing? Explain your answer.