Sentences with phrase «as defamatory»

Dr. Weaver also identifies as defamatory a number of statements made by commenters online on the National Post sites.

The judge drew a distinction between the 11 blog postings and held that seven of them consisted of material that could either not be classified as defamatory, were simply jokes, or were clearly «saloon - bar moanings» with just a small amount of personal abuse.

Taken in context, defendant's alleged statement that he relied on plaintiff's «description of a wall's construction» when he prepared a letter about inspection of a retaining wall can be viewed as defamatory, and the Louisa County Circuit Court overrules defendant's...

[82] In this case, the impugned words include numerous meanings that would, in the ordinary course, be readily regarded as defamatory.

Seems to me that «serial climate misinformer» and «anti-science» qualify as defamatory, and its difficult to imagine that the statements were not made with malice.

The President described as defamatory comments about his supposed intention to let out the sovereignty of the country to foreigners.

An order of the Honourable Court directed at the Defendant to publish a retraction and an apology with the same prominence as the defamatory words on his Facebook page as well as one publication in the Daily Graphic.

This would have been better placed if it was in pagan Rome in the 1st century AD, and even then it would have been every bit as defamatory and biased as it is now.

Because the foreign press wasn't subject to local printing laws, newspapers or magazines whose articles were viewed as defamatory were either sued or their Singapore circulation cut.

The Communications Decency Act, Section 230, protects Facebook from being held responsible for such mishaps as the spread of hoax news stories — like the one that falsely claimed Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly had been fired from Fox — as well as defamatory comments posted by users.

Not exact matches

Trotter also notes that several of the allegedly «defamatory» statements in the article were actually pulled from information in Ivari's own marketing materials and from public records such as court documents.

In the email, a copy of which is posted on the publication's website, Mr. Harder listed several statements he claimed were defamatory and demanded that the publication «immediately and permanently remove each of these statements from the story, and print a full and complete retraction and apology, with as prominent placement as the original story.»

«Mr. Trump's false, defamatory statements about Ms. Zervos — that, among other things, she made up her descriptions of Mr. Trump's misconduct as a hoax, and that she is creating a «phony» story just so that she can be famous — have been deeply detrimental to Ms. Zervos's reputation, honor and dignity,» the suit states.

Huon alleges that the report is defamatory insofar as it suggests that the jury acquitted him partly on the basis of a bartender's testimony.

I like to think that those apologists who endorse the view of god as an indiscriminate killer of children and infants will be judged for their lack of compassion and their embrace of such defamatory stories.

But the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, dismissed the claims - which date back to Argentina's so - called Dirty War from 1976 to 1983 - as false and defamatory.

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The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has condemned what he described as a «false and defamatory» publication in the Daily Post newspaper of Wednesday January 27, 2016.

The suit by his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), showed Dokpesi also praying for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from further making any defamatory publications against him, and N50million as cost of the action.

An order for an unconditional retraction and an unqualified apology for the said defamatory comments / broadcast / publication, doing so separately and in the Daily Graphic newspapers, and for same to be given equal prominence as the complained comments / broadcast / publication within 14 days from the day of judgment.

According to the lawyers, until the court restrained the paper, it will further «publish or cause to be published the said or similar words defamatory of the plaintiffs», as it has threatened to publish stories about the plaintiffs.

Lawyers for Charlotte Osei also demanded the list of workers who were behind the petition «to enable us commence legal action against them for the defamatory statements contained in their petition failing which our client will be constrained to proceed against you alone as defendant in the suit our client intends to commence against them since you are to all intents and purposes, their agent.»

Wrightbus complained that photos in the book of loose ceiling panels and broken light fittings, as well as criticisms of the bus's green credentials were «defamatory» and risked «serious reputational damage» to the company.

In another statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam - George, described the allegations of the Police as «shameful, defamatory and reckless in the extreme».

She said this was «to enable us commence legal action against them for the defamatory statements contained in their petition failing which our client will be constrained to proceed against you alone as defendant in the suit our client intends to commence against them since you are to all intents and purposes, their agent.»

In the suit by his lawyer Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Dokpesi is also praying for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants or their agents from further making any defamatory publications against him, and N50million as cost of the action.

Kofi Adams is praying the court for an order for «an unconditional retraction and an unqualified apology for the said defamatory comments / broadcast / publication, doing so separately and in the Daily Graphic newspaper, and for same to be given equal prominence as the complained comments / broadcast / publication within 14 days from the day of judgment.»

«An order of the court compelling the first defendant to pay an amount of GHC400, 000 as punitive and exemplary damages to the plaintiff as damages for the defamatory comments (he the defendant said about the plaintiff».

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RTZ describes the charges levelled against it as «false, unjustified and grossly defamatory».

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She abides by the law, doesn't use any defamatory language and, as intended, delivers a provocative message which cuts straight to the heart of the small town of Ebbing, Missouri.

Marty Singer, a lawyer for the director, whose movies include The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, Jack The Giant Slayer and the first two X-Men films, described the claims, filed in a lawsuit in Hawaii, as «absurd and defamatory».

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The tl; dr on that is: just as I'm not liable for your comments here, Dear Author's not liable for the defamatory statements of its commenters.

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Others such as Professor Simon Chapman have admitted they «saw a draft» of the defamatory allegations document, and Infigen Energy's propagandist Ketan Joshi is uncharacteristically silent when challenged by others on various blog sites about his knowledge and involvement in the production and distribution of this defamatory document.