Legal Question in Personal Injury in Utah

If slandered on internet, can I sue in my state?

After a very heated argument in email in which I probably used some off color language, twice this person has accused me of sexual harassment and threating him on a public bulletin board on the internet. These charges are totally untruth. After I tell him I will sue for slander, he retracts his statement using sarcastic launguage and saying that I am still gulity but maybe it was not illegal. He uses my first name and email address but no last name. Can I sue him and if so, can I sue him in my state of TN if he lives in UT?


Asked on 1/09/01, 4:48 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Waldrop Holley, Waldrop, Nearn & Lazarov P.C.

Re: If slandered on internet, can I sue in my state?

First of all, what are your damages? I don't know what was said. Did this person publish the e-mail to a third party? If there is no publication to a third party, you do not have a case. Finally, you have a six month statute of limitation in Tennessee.

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Answered on 1/12/01, 10:08 am


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