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Area of Law: | Personal Injury & Negligence |
Keywords: | Requirement of publication; Negligence or intentional defamation |
Jurisdiction: | Kentucky |
Cited Cases: | 627 S.W.2d 270; 623 S.W.2d 882 |
Cited Statutes: | None |
Date: | 12/01/2000 |
As noted by the court in Columbia Sussex Corp., Inc. v. Hay, 627 S.W.2d 270, 273 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981), “[t]he emphasis is not upon the meaning of the remarks as being negligently or intentionally defamatory but rather upon the manner in which such remarks were conveyed.” Id. If the words were negligently or intentionally communicated, in such as manner that they were heard by a third party who understood their meaning, then the requirement of publication is satisfied. Id. In addition, when plaintiffs are private figures, mere negligence concerning the truth or falsity of the published statement is sufficient to establish defamation. McCall v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 623 S.W.2d 882, 885 (Ky. 1981). As noted in McCall, an appropriate question is whether a reasonably prudent person would or would not have done the same as the defendant did under the same or similar circumstances. Id. at 886.
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