Key Take-Away from All the Readings and Analysis

• ·         Two types of defamation in place which is libel and slander

• ·         4 criteria that substantiate defamation

i)                    Statement must be defamatory

ii)                   Statement must be about claimant

iii)                 Statement must published

iv)                 Statement must cause serious harm to plaintiff

• ·         Two types of damages – special (quantifiable) and general damages (to be assessed by court

• ·         More cases are favorable to libel in comparison to slander for its merely verbal no proper recording or proof to claim defense.

• ·         Not all defamation cases are truly one due to evidence that’s not compatible to the 4 mentioned criteria