Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Is this libel?

A blogger wrote a review on the Internet about out product. The review was very unfavorable, I have no problem with that, but I have a problem with this sentence:

To make matters worse, it is integrated with their (seemingly shady) search engine service.

I want to know if this is considered libel?

Thanks!


Asked on 11/19/06, 11:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: Is this libel?

The statement is not libelous for a variety of reasons. The most straightforward reason is that only assertions of fact can be libelous. Calling something "seemingly shady" is an expression of opinion, not of fact.

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Answered on 11/22/06, 4:31 pm


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