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A defamation lawsuit is a civil lawsuit that you file when you believe someone has committed libel or slander against you.
You can recover compensation for losses resulting from defamation if you successfully make your case. This can include payment for lost earnings and lost future earning potential, loss of economic or business opportunities, pain and suffering and any medical expenses incurred for treatment.
You will incur some expenses in pursuing a defamation claim, though. This guide to the defamation lawsuit cost can help you to determine what pursuing a lawsuit for libel or slander may cost you.
Defamation occurs when a false statement is made about a person or company.
Depending on whether the defamed individual is a public or a private figure, the person making the statement must have either been negligent in determining the truth of it (for private persons) or must have acted with “actual malice” (for public figures).
You can make a defamation claim based on libel, which is when false statements are made in writing. Or you can make your claim based on slander, which is an oral false statement about you.
In both libel and slander cases, the goal is to be “made whole” and fully compensated for all damages you endured because of false statements made about you to third parties.
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