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Damages couldn’t be presumed in defamation case 

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    • May 30, 2013

A doctor needed to show actual damages in order to hold a colleague liable for writing a letter accusing him of being a liar, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in overturning a $175,000 jury verdict.
The plaintiff was the head of the gastroenterology division of a state medical school. » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/30/damages-couldnt-be-presumed-in-defamation-case/

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