defamation libel civil
Why didn&#39;t Nicholas Sandman name any individuals in his lawsuit against the Washington Post?
<p>Why didn't Nicholas Sandman (<a href="https://casetext.com/case/sandmann-v-wp-co" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sandmann</a> v. WP Company LLC, Dist. Court, ED Kentucky 2019) name the individuals working at the Washington Post who published the alleged libelous statements, as parties to the his lawsuit? </p>

<p><strong>What was the advantage gained by not naming them?</strong></p>

<p>Money -  The Washington Post has a lot more than any writer who wrote the disputed article.   The suit is seeking compensation that equates to the price paid by Amazon to aquire the Washington Post ($250 million) which is not something the lone writer of the article could afford.</p>

<p>Furthermore, while the writer did write the alleged libelous article, Washington Post does share in the responsibility for the editorial decision to run the article in question as well as distribute through it's sales change and the refusal to retract the article or make any corrections or apologies to correct the matter that Sandman feels was incorrectly stated.   If I recall specifics of the three charges that were allowed, the statements made were by the man in the picture with Sandman, and were quotes.  However, the accusation is that the Post published them as facts despite either knowing that they were lies OR with negligent disregard to finding out the truth (i.e. They should have verified if the gentleman making the accusation was trustworthy prior to publishing and that the information would have been obvious had they bothered to look for it.).</p>
