LAST EDITED ON Feb-25-16 AT 09:05PM (MST)[p]I'M INTERESTED IN MR. MILLER'S USE OF THE TERM: allegations of corruption & bribery...........
The individual or individuals might be interested in reading the following. The following is the reason I asked who it is that is/are making allegations, because, apparently, if they are proven to be untrue and then proven harmful, my understanding, and I may be wrong, there could be some fairly serious consequences. Now.........if they prove to be true, and there is corruption, according to a legal decision, then the corrupt will suffer the consequences.
So......who made the allegations, besides Igottabigone and desertpointbrian?
I noticed the boy in the back of the bus hasn't stated he made any to the reporter, wonder why he let y'all do it. Do you suppose he's believes he's smarter than y'all. Just my opinion, of course.
Defamation of character occurs when someone makes a false statement about you that causes you some type of harm. The statement must be published (meaning some third party must have heard it), false, and it must result in harm, usually to the reputation.?Those essential components of a defamation claim are fairly straightforward. But what kinds of harm can result from a defamatory statement, and can you recover damages for those harms in a lawsuit?
Harm to Reputation
The most obvious negative consequence that a defamatory statement can cause is harm to your professional reputation. Perhaps you are a local businessperson and someone made a statement about you to others indicating that you did something dishonest. Such ALLEGATIONS might cause your customers to take their business elsewhere. Perhaps the statement caused your employer to doubt whether you should remain employed. Those are clear-cut examples of harm to your reputation in your professional community
There are the two main types of defamation: libel and slander. Both involve harmful, false statements that cause damage someone?s reputation, but libel requires that the statement be in writing or somehow ?published.? With slander, all that is required is that the defamatory statement be spoken to a third party (someone other than you).
In many cases, damages (the harm you suffered) are handled differently depending on whether the statement at issue is considered libel or slander. Falsely accusing someone of having committed a crime is considered ?defamatory per se? or ?actionable per se.? That means harm is taken as a given in the eyes of the law, and harm to your reputation is presumed.
Depending on the state?s laws, you may only need to show that a individual made the statements, and that the statements were false.
Again, depending on the state?s laws, the individual might be liable for any resulting actual damages stemming from the statements and harm to your reputation because of the false accusations of your having committed a serious crime. You may also be entitled to compensation for things like embarrassment, mental anguish, and humiliation.
I'm not an attorney, like I've said, I'm just that stupid old country boy, so I'm just doing my own research, it gets all kind of confusing, don't it?
oh yea, I copy and pasted the definitions from the All Law web sit, I remove parts there were not related to this specific report.
DC
it's just the beginning.
