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Re: Has LD committed the tort of Defamation or "false light?
Posted by Bigger Badder Better on 2/12/08

    Am I incorrect in saying that defamation requires someone being damaged?
    Isn't that why it is a tort? Also, a third party must understand the e-
    mail as being derrogatory. Am I wrong?

    On 2/11/08, -- wrote:
    > I wonder if LD's posting of an email falsely attributed to Ms. Barnes
    > is the tort of Defamation by liable or the Privacy tort of "false
    > light."
    >
    > These two torts are similar but a separate species of tort. "False
    > light" is a subcategory of a Privacy tort while Defamation is a tort
    > class on its own not within the class of torts called Privacy.
    >
    > There is no doubt that a false (untrue) statement was made in the
    > email. If the false statement was ABOUT Ms. Barnes it would clearly be
    > Defamation. However, the false statement appears to be about a topic
    > not about a person. Since the email was falsely alleged to be from
    > Ms. Barnes, I think we are looking at a "false light" tort.
    >
    > Anyone have an opinion on whether LD has committed the tort of
    > defamation or the tort of "false light?"

     
     

 
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