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In our final chapter of the textbook and last week of the course, you will draft an argument for an appellate brief. Now that you have researched the applicable law regarding defamation, you are ready to write an argument to be included in an appellate brief. Complete the following assignment:
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DEFAMATION
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Is it actionable per se as slander to announce that a person has tested HIV-positive
where the statement is not true?
In general view of the law, a defamation statement is referred to when it has been communicated
to third parties maliciously to destroy the reputation of the second party in that case. In this case,
if the slander made this announcement with the aim of destroying the reputation and to deter the
community from getting associated with the third party.
However, in the last three decades, false statements regarding the public have failed to be
actionable since they are not...