Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Texas

Slander question reposted with clarification

In the course of a dispute with a building contractor over his poor work on a house remodel, the contractor sent a letter to the state attorney general saying my friends had tried to hurt his reputation in a article in the local paper.

The article the contractor referenced was about someone elses building problems NOT my friends.

My friends did not put the article in the paper and had nothing to do with it whatsoever.

Has the building contractor slandered my friends? And they have the letter to the state attorney general the contractor sent and the article in the paper.

)Since a state official is involved, I picked a different state,)


Asked on 5/19/11, 4:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

As I said when I answered your previous post, your question may have different answers in different states. I suggest re-posting it under the correct state. There is no apparent reason why you should be reluctant to do so.

So what if a state official is involved? If you think the Attorney General is going to care about a post which doesn't even suggest he did anything wrong, then you're quite mistaken.

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Answered on 5/19/11, 11:00 pm


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