Defamation per se

[86firebird]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

 

[86firebird]

This should have said--is there much of a court history of defamation per se in Maine?

 

[quincy]

86firebird, you can add your state name and your question about defamation per se by using the "edit post" feature found in your original post or by using the "reply to thread" feature. The preview post function on this site tends to delete posts on submission (for some mysterious reason) which is what probably happened when you submitted your post.

Ahh. You added a question. Is your concern a personal one?

Maine has defamation cases where what was communicated was decided by the court to be defamation per se (or defamation on its face). With defamatory per se statements, reputational injury is presumed. If a defamatory statement can have two meanings (one that is innocent and one that is damaging), it will then be up to a jury to decide in what sense the words were understood by the public.

 

[Silverplum]

https://forum.freeadvice.com/libel-slander-defamation-88/facebook-defamation-626103.html

BTDT.

 

[quincy]

Ahh, again. The concern has been addressed before.

 

[quincy]

Here is a direct link to the other thread by 86firebird, his state of residence at that time being New Hampshire.

https://forum.freeadvice.com/libel-slander-defamation-86/facebook-defamation-626103.html

There are cases out of Maine that I can provide links to if 86firebird can explain why his concerns have changed from New Hampshire to Maine.

 

[86firebird]

Quincy

My concerns have changed as I have not found alot of case history for NH, therefore I am interested in a neighboring state. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[quincy]

My concerns have changed as I have not found alot of case history for NH, therefore I am interested in a neighboring state. Thank you in advance for your help.

That does not work for defamation cases. The laws on defamation are different in every state. I recommend you contact an attorney in your area of New Hampshire and not concern yourself with case law out of Maine.

 

[86firebird]

Quincy, can you still give me some links to Maine case history?

 

[Proserpina]

Quincy, can you still give me some links to Maine case history?

Use your Google-fu.

 

[86firebird]

Excuse me?

 

[Proserpina]

Excuse me?

Rough translation: You have been advised that Maine case-law is inapplicable to your situation, therefore it's probably best for you to start searching for inapplicable case-law yourself rather than asking the very kind volunteers to do so on your behalf.

 

[86firebird]

It's now applicable.

 

[quincy]

Quincy, can you still give me some links to Maine case history?

I can provide some Maine defamation cases for you to review, 86firebird.

First can you tell me how false accusations made about you in New Hampshire now apply to you in Maine? Has your situation changed from what it was when you posted a month ago?

Thanks.

 

[86firebird]

I moved to NH, but this happened in Maine. Thank you for your help.