Legal Advice: Slander Laws
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Slander laws are those laws aimed at protecting citizens from untruthful and harmful character abuse. Slander is oral defamation that is untrue and causes harm to a persons character. Civil courts process slander laws because the crime is civil in nature rather than criminal.
Damages in civil suits are sometimes limited to actual damages of the slander. In the case where there is special malicious intent to harm it may be difficult to prove but is sometimes not limited to actual damages. If youre the plaintiff or defendant in a civil slander suit then you should consult legal counsel to guide your case.
How to Clarify Slander Laws
Slander is as simple as communicating untrue statements to anyone or any entity that results in physical, emotional, or financial harm to the person youve spoken about. For example, communicating that someone is unable to perform their work duties because you believe they have a disease is slander. It is also slander if you tell people someone committed a crime when they didnt.
The type of slander laws that relates to written slander is called libel. There are clarifications of the law as words spoken on the radio or television are treated as libel rather than slander. If youre involved in a slander or libel suit then you should seek legal counsel in order to protect your assets and your reputation.
Posted on: Monday, June 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm 
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