Re: Wrongful Termination

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I guess I should have made myself a little clearer. The two questions
were separate from each other. I was asking if writing about true facts
about happenings and dealings with a person in a blog would be considered
slander, etc. I just want to be safe in expressing my opinion and how it
would suck for him to be in any political seat. This has nothing to do
with the wrongful termination. Thanks for your responses.

On 8/16/06, M'sta Mikey wrote:
> On 8/16/06, M'sta Mikey wrote:
>> On 8/16/06, Angela wrote:
>>
>>> What is considered deformation of character? What falls under free
>>> speech?? In this world of internet blogs and such...what could be
>>> considered an offense??
>>>
>>
>> Defamation takes two forms; slander (spoken word), and libel (written
>> word).
>>
>> Slander = A false defamation (expressed in spoken words, signs, or
>> gestures) which injures the character or reputation of a person
>>
>> Libel = Published material meeting three conditions: The material is
>> defamatory either on its face or indirectly; The defamatory statement
>> is about someone who is identifiable to one or more persons; and, The
>> material must be distributed to someone other than the offended party;
>> i.e. published; distinguished from slander.
>>
>> Free speech is covered by the 1st Amendment.
>>
>> Any way you look at it, you need to PROVE that they caused you damage
>> (harm) with their statements, written or otherwise. Honestly, I'm not
>> an attorney but you don't have a case. However, I can honestly say
>> that from what you posted here, there isn't an (honest) attorney
>> anywhere who will take your case. What most will see is a disgruntled
>> employee with a score to settle against a former employee.
>
> ooops; should read "a score to settle against a former employeR"