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