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jaybiro
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From California.
A neighbor, who lets her dogs run loose, has elected to blame me for their deaths, claiming that I am poisoning her dogs. Other neighbors have told me that she has claimed this. Poisoning dogs is a crime. I am not poisoning her dogs, and she has no evidence to connect me to this. By publicly stating her belief that I am a criminal, she has committed slander.
But as I read the legal Q&A, in order to prevail against her in a lawsuit for damage to my reputation caused by her slander, I must prove that I am NOT poisoning dogs. Now I ask you, how can I prove that? Isn't proving a negative a nonsequitur in law?
Thank you for your interest and attention. Jaybiro
A neighbor, who lets her dogs run loose, has elected to blame me for their deaths, claiming that I am poisoning her dogs. Other neighbors have told me that she has claimed this. Poisoning dogs is a crime. I am not poisoning her dogs, and she has no evidence to connect me to this. By publicly stating her belief that I am a criminal, she has committed slander.
But as I read the legal Q&A, in order to prevail against her in a lawsuit for damage to my reputation caused by her slander, I must prove that I am NOT poisoning dogs. Now I ask you, how can I prove that? Isn't proving a negative a nonsequitur in law?
Thank you for your interest and attention. Jaybiro