explaining that "[t]here are two types of defamation: libel, which involves the use of print media to publish the defamatory comment, and slander, which involves the oral expression of a defamatory comment"
How later courts described this case
- explaining that "[t]here are two types of defamation: libel, which involves the use of print media to publish the defamatory comment, and slander, which involves the oral expression of a defamatory comment"
- concluding that libelous statements to state attorney general were not privileged because they were not material to proposed litigation
- ““There are two types of defamation: libel, which involves the use of print media to publish the defamatory comment, and slander, which involves the oral expression of a defamatory comment.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
I concur in that part of the main opinion affirming the trial court's judgment. I dissent from that part of the opinion reversing the trial court's judgment. I would have affirmed the judgment of the trial court on all counts.
Monroe, J., concurs.