Deformation

[Norman Moore]

Wife told police i was paranoid schizophrenia Deformation? Where to go from h

 

[quincy]

Wife told police i was paranoid schizophrenia Deformation? Where to go from h

What is the name of your state?

What is said in a police report is considered privileged. This privilege protects a person who reports a crime or a suspected crime from a defamation claim if what is reported turns out to be false. The reason for this privilege is to encourage people to report what they see and hear without them fearing a lawsuit.

The privilege that covers these reports is a QUALIFIED privilege, which means the immunity from suit can be lost or defeated if it can be demonstrated the report was filed with actual malice - making a report that is known to be false with the intent to cause harm. Because a person's intent is difficult to prove, the privilege can rarely be challenged successfully.

Defamation claims require not only that what is communicated is false but the false statements result in reputational injury. With police reports, what is reported needs to be investigated to determine if the report has merit. In other words, the report is neither true nor false until an investigation is completed. This is another stumbling block for those considering a defamation suit over what is said in a police complaint.

Defamation laws vary by state so the state in question is important.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

And even if all of that is overcome the truth is a defense to a defamation case.

 

[quincy]

On the other hand, if the wife has communicated the claim to others beside the police and the claim is false, it can be judged defamation per se.

More facts are needed - the most important of which is the state name.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

We'll never get the state. He seems to have run out of letters in his second sentence.

 

[quincy]

We'll never get the state. He seems to have run out of letters in his second sentence.

Hahaha.

 

[adjusterjack]

Deformation?

Is she turning you into a mutant?

 

[quincy]

Is she turning you into a mutant?

The "deformation" spelling is not all that uncommon. But it is a puzzling spelling when defamation is spelled correctly in the forum header.

 

[FlyingRon]

Is she turning you into a mutant?

Well, I got better.

 

[quincy]

Well, I got better.

Under whose assessment are you better?

 

[not2cleverRed]

Under whose assessment are you better?

Well, he can fly, for starters.

 

[quincy]

Well, he can fly, for starters.

I think that might work against his claim of getting better.

 

[justalayman]

Well, he can fly, for starters.

But he has to use a plane. That’s not fair. The rest of us without a plane have to do it the hard way.

 

[quincy]

But he has to use a plane. That’s not fair. The rest of us without a plane have to do it the hard way.

A plane is not necessarily necessary for mutants. I think that FlyingRon's claim to being better is subject to question.