MBE® Flashcard

IF THE PLAINTIFF IS NOT NAMED IN A STATEMENT, CAN IT STILL BE DEFAMATION?

 

 

Yes. The plaintiff must prove that some reasonable third person who received the defamatory message understood it to refer to the plaintiff. Thus, if the plaintiff is not specifically named in the allegedly defamatory communication, he must allege through colloquium that some people will interpret the communication to be about him.

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