Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

Re: Defamation of character

Libel is a published accusation against someone that impacts upon his reputation. Slander is generally the spoken form of this sort of character attack. To be actionable from a practical sense, there must be damages, i.e. loss of business, provable loss of business or political opportunity, etc. The classic defense is that the "libelous" or "slanderous" statements were, in fact, true. When you say "viewable" I take it that means "readable". Libel is, by definition, offensive words published in some form, and readable by all. Best, ME Zuller