by Alan Sackrin | Oct 9, 2024 | Defamation
According to Florida law, business defamation generally involves the publication of false statements that injure a person’s business reputation or reduce their commercial goodwill. This can include causing harm to a person’s trade, profession, the way they...
by Alan Sackrin | Jan 9, 2024 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, every repetition of a defamatory statement is considered a publication: Florida law establishes a two-year statute of limitations for actions for “libel and slander.” § 95.11(4)(g), Fla. Stat. (2014). The statute of limitations begins to run...
by Alan Sackrin | Dec 12, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, a court determines if a statement is defamatory by examining it in the context of its publication, considering all the surrounding circumstances: To determine whether a statement is actionable, the court must examine it in the context in...
by Alan Sackrin | Mar 28, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, a statement that an employee was drunk on the job was defamatory in nature: In this case, the alleged statements were clearly defamatory in nature. Alexrod v. Califano, 357 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). Publications which impute to another...
by Alan Sackrin | Mar 21, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, words imputing commission of crime are defamatory per se: When a statement charges a person with committing a crime, the statement is considered defamatory per se. Richard v. Gray, 62 So.2d 597, 598 (Fla.1953). Certain language in the letter,...
by Alan Sackrin | Mar 7, 2023 | Defamation, FAQs
According to Florida law, statements of pure opinion cannot constitute actionable defamation: Eastern’s position is that the foregoing statements by Ashlock are statements of opinion, not of fact, and as such cannot form the basis for an action for defamation....