Difference between revisions of "File a Slander Lawsuit"

Slander falls under the legal category of personal injury within civil, or tort, law. Slander is a subcategory of defamation, which happens when someone attacks your good character by communicating untrue statements.<ref name="rf1">https://www.osbar.org/public/legalinfo/1186_LibelSlander.htm</ref> For example, actress Sharon Stone recently won a slander suit against a doctor who had falsely stated that he had performed a facelift surgery on her.<ref name="rf2">http://www.insidecounsel.com/2014/11/18/6-most-successful-celebrity-libel-and-slander-case?page=5</ref> You should know that slander lawsuits are incredibly difficult to win. You typically have to prove that a statement was both false ''and'' caused actual damages. Multiple defenses can work to get a slander lawsuit dismissed or defeated. However, you must know how to file a slander lawsuit to defend yourself against potential slanderous statements.

Slander falls under the legal category of personal injury within civil, or tort, law. Slander is a subcategory of defamation, which happens when someone attacks your good character by communicating untrue statements.<ref name="rf1">https://www.osbar.org/public/legalinfo/1186_LibelSlander.htm</ref> For example, actress Sharon Stone recently won a slander suit against a doctor who had falsely stated that he had performed a facelift surgery on her.<ref name="rf2">http://www.insidecounsel.com/2014/11/18/6-most-successful-celebrity-libel-and-slander-case?page=5</ref> You should know that slander lawsuits are incredibly difficult to win. You typically have to prove that a statement was both false ''and'' caused actual damages. Multiple defenses can work to get a slander lawsuit dismissed or defeated. However, you must know how to file a slander lawsuit to defend yourself against potential slanderous statements.

== Steps ==

== Steps ==

===Determining Whether Slander Occurred===

===Determining Whether Slander Occurred===