Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland

personal slander and harrassment

Is it illegal to verbally assult someone by use of a web site using names, location and total untruths and threats?


Asked on 5/06/04, 11:20 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
G. Joseph Holthaus III Law Offices of G. Joseph Holthaus

Re: personal slander and harrassment

Yes. You may bring a suit for libel.

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Answered on 5/08/04, 12:40 pm
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

Re: personal slander and harrassment

If a person knowingly publishes false information about someone else either maliciously or wantonly and recklessly, the victim may have a civil suit for defamation.

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Answered on 5/06/04, 1:50 pm


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