Legal Question in Business Law in Illinois

Is this Defamation too?

Thank you for your repkly to my first message. On the other website the poster also posted'' I contacted X (me) and she was not very professional''. Is this statement defamation? I know that potential clients seeing this webpage might very well not want to use my services. This staement hurts my reputation and it can hardley be true as I have a lot of previous satisfied clients.


Asked on 11/25/06, 3:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David K. Staub Staub Anderson LLC

Re: Is this Defamation too?

It would be very difficult to establish that a statement like "she was not very professional" constitutes defamation. People are free to state their opinions, even if their opinions are negative about a subject and even if most people hold a different opinion. The statement "she was not very professional," while not stated as an opinion, is clearly very subjective. While there is room for argument, I believe most judges would treat it as an expression of a personal opinion.

David K. Staub, an Illinois business lawyer

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Answered on 11/25/06, 11:10 pm


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