1 Elements and Case Citations
A defendant’s oral (slander) or written (libel) publication of a statement to a third party that, when considered alone, without innuendo:
- Tends to subject persons to hatred, distrust, ridicule, contempt, or disgrace;
- Tends to injure a person in a trade or profession; or
- Attributes to a person either conduct, characteristics, or conditions incompatible with the proper exercise of a lawful business, trade, profession or office.
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